noun
verb
definition
To bid farewell or say goodbye.
adjective
definition
Parting, valedictory, final.
example
a farewell discourse; the band's farewell tour
interjection
definition
Goodbye.
example
He said "Farewell!" and left.
Examples of farewell in a Sentence
Deep down, he suspected it was her farewell to him.
In his farewell speech at Johannesburg he concluded with a reference to the subject.
He wasn't pleased with you for missing his farewell this morn.
We have had a good time--now farewell, lads!
Thank you for everything and farewell! said Anatole.
Rhyn lifted his chin in farewell before motioning for Andre to follow him through a portal.
King, who had been a midshipman in the navy, Farewell visited Port Natal, St Lucia and Delagoa Bays.
Farewell found British.
His ominous farewell silenced her.
On Saturday the 8th of June he was able, with the help of one of his monks, to ascend a little hill above the monastery and to give it his farewell blessing.
After bidding their family farewell they were carried to the sepulchral cave, nothing but a bowl of milk being left them.
It was a reluctant farewell.
Farewell & Company entire and full possession in perpetuity " of a tract of land including " the port or harbour of Natal."
Farewell was not daunted, and in September 1829 set out to return overland to Port Natal.
The family have on the preceding days solemnly visited the grave, and offered to the shades gifts of water, wine, milk, honey, oil, and the blood of black victims; they have decked the tomb with flowers, have renewed the feast and farewell of the funeral, and have prayed to the ancestors to watch over their welfare.
His dam was sister to Miss Partner (1735) by Partner out of Brown Farewell by Makeless (son of the Oglethorpe Arabian) from a daughter of Brimmer out of Trumpet's darn, by Place's White Turk from a daughter of the Barb Dodsworth and a Layton Barb mare; while Brimmer was by D'Arcy's Yellow Turk from a royal mare.
We walked up to the Admiral Nelson under umbrellas for a late lunch and then all said a reluctant farewell.
Stu 's Good Friday farewell to The Regulars proved a fitting send-off for the man who put the band together.
Standing on the sidewalk in front of the house, I stared for a moment, bidding this family a fond farewell.
I wrote the final check, Alf adjusted the length of the tiller bar & we said farewell to Alf & co.
With Judas gone, Jesus turned to the eleven remaining disciples and gave them a valedictory address, a farewell speech.
At the close of the session of 1794 the impeachment of Hastings had come to an end, and Burke bade farewell to parliament.
There's no better way to bid farewell to your days as a swinging single than to take a bunch of your best friends on a cruise.
Have a short quote written on your retirement cake for a unique farewell.
The event ends with a farewell breakfast where people can reminisce about the weekend, share their favorite experiences and revel in what they learned, ready to sign up again for the next year.
In many cases, their farewell gift is a cell phone plan, paid for by the parents.
As you ring in the new year and bid farewell to days gone by, you'll find these bubbly New Year's eve costumes are perfect for celebrating.
Fans of Home and Away bid farewell to Sally who left the show with her daughter Pippa after 20 years.
However, instead of bidding farewell to the role that made her a household name, the actress was able to negotiate time off without taking a substantial salary cut.
He hung up before she could say farewell.
He braced himself to tell her thanks for the night and farewell.
She felt awful leaving him out of the blue, without saying farewell or thanking him.
The resignation in her tone sounded like a farewell. Gabe studied her, uncertain what could stop Death from doing anything she pleased. She was not only letting him go when she shouldn't, but she was telling him just how much time he had to get Katie out of the underworld. Gabriel knew something was wrong if Death was turning her back on the duty of collecting souls, a duty she normally took such joy in. She'd been unwilling to do that for him when their relationship had been at its peak.
Sami held her gaze with a long look, and she knew he was bidding her farewell.
She ached to close the distance between them for one last kiss, a farewell to the man who'd sealed her fate!
On the 15th and 16th Alexander caroused deep into the night at the house by man through his chamber to bid him farewell.
These flew away, leaving their cup at the water's edge, and singing "If that glass either break or fall, Farewell to the luck of Eden Hall."
The unusual glaciation of the east coast is evidently owing to the north polar current carrying the ice masses from the north polar basin 4 south-westward along the land, and giving it an entirely arctic climate down to Cape Farewell.
In the December following Farewell went in the " Elizabeth and Susan " to Port Elizabeth.
At this time an attempt was made to murder Chaka; but the wound he received was cured by one of Farewell's companions, a circumstance which made the king very friendly to Europeans.
He reluctantly obeyed, and concluded his last discourse with the tenderest and most touching farewell.
He declined to support this demand at the risk of a European war, and on the 8th of October 1896 he announced to the Liberal whip, Mr Thomas Ellis, his resignation of the Liberal leadership. On the following day he made a farewell speech at the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, to over four thousand people, and for some time he held aloof from party politics,.
He bade farewell to his friends, inquired after the health of Drusus's daughter who was ill, and then quietly expired in the arms of the wife who for more than fifty years had been his most intimate and trusted guide and counsellor, and to whom his last words were an exhortation to "live mindful of our wedded life."
In 1798 he was made commanderin-chief of the provisional army raised in anticipation of war with 1 He had previously, under date of the 17th of September 1796, issued a notable "Farewell Address" to the American people.
On the 8th of April 1812 he was knighted by the prince regent; on the 9th he gave his farewell lecture as professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution; and on the 11th he was married to Mrs Apreece, daughter and heiress of Charles Kerr of Kelso, and a distant connexion of Sir Walter Scott.
On the evening of the gth of February 1567 Mary took an affectionate farewell of her husband, and went to attend some gaieties in Edinburgh.
James, like 1 John, is a homily, even more lacking than 1 John in every epistolary feature, not even supplied with the customary epistolary farewell.
He evinced no rancour or spite; his " Farewell Sermon " was dignified and temperate; nor is it to be ascribed to chagrin that in a letter to Scotland after his dismissal he expresses his preference for Presbyterian to Congregational church government.
A worthy tribute to Riaz was paid by Lord Cromer in his farewell speech at Cairo on the 4th of May 1907.
One of its episodes, the farewell song of the prince departing into the forest, has since become one of the most widespread popular songs.