val·e·dic·tion
1. an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
2. an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave;
valedictory.
[Origin: 1605-15; < L valedictiōn- (s. of valedictiō), equiv. to valedict(us), ptp. of valedīcere (vale farewell + dictus, ptp. of dīcere to say) + -iōn- -ion
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