Associations to the word «Valediction»

Wiktionary

VALEDICTION, noun. A speech made when leaving or parting company.
VALEDICTION, noun. The act of parting company.
VALEDICTION, noun. A word or phrase (such as adieu or farewell) said upon leaving.
VALEDICTION, noun. A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.

Dictionary definition

VALEDICTION, noun. A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class).
VALEDICTION, noun. The act of saying farewell.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King