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VALEDICTORY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

Synonyms:

valediction; valedictory; valedictory address; valedictory oration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("valedictory" is a kind of...):

oratory (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous))

Derivation:

valedictory (of a speech expressing leave-taking)

valedictory (of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a speech expressing leave-taking

Example:

a valedictory address

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

exaugural (occurring at or marking the close of a term of office)

Derivation:

valedictory (a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell

Example:

a suitable valedictory gesture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

valediction (the act of saying farewell)

Derivation:

valedictory (a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class))

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