valediction
UK/ˌvæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/
valediction noun: a speech made when leaving or parting company.
Noun
valediction (plural valedictions)
- A speech made when leaving or parting company.
- The act of parting company.
- Synonyms:
- leave-taking
- A word or phrase said upon leaving, such as "farewell" or "adieu".
- Yes, the tide will surely turn, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call himself a partisan, invite whomever may feel disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction and accord to them the respect that is assuredly their due.1952 January, Henry Maxwell, “Farewell to the "T14s"”, in Railway Magazine, page 57
- A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.
- Synonyms:
- complimentary close, complimentary closing
valediction meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
valediction in Tamil
- நிறையுரை, பிரிவுரை, முத்தாய்ப்பு
valediction in Urdu
- رخصت, وداعی
valediction in Malayalam
- goodbye, farewell, adieu
- യാത്രപറഞ്ഞു പിരിയൽ, യാത്രയയപ്പ്, വിടവാങ്ങൽ ചടങ്ങ്, യാത്രാമംഗളം നേരൽ, യാത്രാവന്ദനം, വിടുതൽ
Synonyms of valediction
- leave-taking
- complimentary close
- complimentary closing
Forms of valediction
| plural | valedictions |
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Origin of valediction
First attested in 1614; borrowed from New Latin valedictiō, from valedīcō (“to bid farewell”) + -tiō, from valē (“farewell, so long”) + dīcō (“to say”). By surface analysis, valedict + -ion.
Words that rhyme with valediction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
- fiction
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- indiction
- restriction
- affliction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- striction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- postdiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- retrodiction
- scientifiction
- stiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about valediction
- What does valediction mean?
- Valediction means a speech made when leaving or parting company.
- What is valediction in Tamil?
- Valediction in Tamil is நிறையுரை, பிரிவுரை, முத்தாய்ப்பு. See Valediction meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is valediction?
- Valediction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce valediction?
- Valediction is pronounced /ˌvæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of valediction?
- The plural of valediction is valedictions.
Words near valediction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: valediction (page history and authors); valediction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valediction (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valediction (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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