Valedictory vs. Farewell

A closing or farewell statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.

Used to express goodbye.

Of, relating to, or expressing a valedictory.

An acknowledgment at parting; a goodbye.

Of or pertaining to a made]] when parting company; designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

The act of departing or taking leave.

Of or pertaining to a grades]].

A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure

An address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

A departure; the act of leaving

A speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement or graduation ceremony.

Parting, valedictory, final.

Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

Goodbye.

A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.

To bid farewell or say goodbye.

A farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class

Go well; good-by; adieu; - originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.

Of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell;

A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

Of a speech expressing leave-taking;

Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

The act of departing politely;