Word of the DayMonday December 1, 2008
valediction \val-uh-DIK-shuhn\, noun:
valediction \val-uh-DIK-shuhn\, noun:
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the action of bidding farewell; a farewell
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Conservatives' tears of joy will surely flow on the day that the B.O. gives his Presidential valediction!
by 1614, from Latin valedicere "bid farewell," from vale, imperative form of valere "be well" + dicere "to say"
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