1The action of saying farewell.

他伸开手掌告别。

1. 1.1count noun A statement or address made at or as a farewell.
   告别词
   his official memorial valediction

   他的正式纪念告别词。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In 1947 he made a wonderful picture which, though he continued to photograph for many more years, we might read as a valediction to his younger, splenetic self.
   • He had just heard the huntmaster mark the occasion with a sombre valediction, but pledge to continue the tradition of hunting.
   • We then leap forward to Esther's valediction, written seven years later.
   • I uttered my valedictions, and made my way out of there very, very quickly.
   • Every lesson ended with the same valediction: ‘I will pray for you!’, which I found oddly comforting.
   • His last words might have been that century's valediction: ‘Great Lord and you, witnesses to my death, I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian.’
   • The broadcasts always ended with a spookily-cheery valediction of ‘Good-bye, dear listeners’ and a tinny recording of the Internationale.
   • This evening will be a valediction from his peers, a tribute to the man who changed the game.
   • Ghost Dance is a book redolent of death and mortality, of eulogies and valedictions.
   • The girl looked at me, slack-jawed, and didn't even say ‘Cheers’, the typical London valediction.
   • He took a few hours out of his precious time on the eve of going on holiday to compose the valediction.
   • Instead, more than two years after it was recorded, the album turns out to be their valediction.
   • Late as ever, I offer my valediction to people who, though most of them didn't know me, had a lot to do with stocking my fondest memories.