farewell

(noun)

a wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.

Related Terms

  • toast
  • roast

Examples of farewell in the following topics:

  • Other Speeches: Farewells, Toasts, and After-Dinner Remarks

    • Farewells, toasts, and after dinner remarks are often the lightest fare when it comes to public speaking.
    • Farewells, toasts, and after dinner remarks are often the lightest of public speaking fare, requiring little in preparation or execution.
    • Many times, farewells, toasts, and after dinner speeches are made in honor or in celebration of someone else: a guest or guests of honor, or perhaps the event host or hostess themselves.
    • Distinguish a light speech such as a farewell, toast, or after dinner remark from other types of public speaking
  • Washington's Farewell

    • In his 1796 Farewell Address to the American people, Washington gave his final thoughts on foreign policy, trade, and national unions.
    • Washington's Farewell Address became a classic statement of republican principles (such as education and religion) and public morality.
    • The Farewell Address also proclaimed Washington's support for the new constitutional government, calling it an improvement on the nation's original attempt in the Articles of Confederation.
    • Perhaps the most seminal piece of advice in Washington's Farewell Address was one that dealt with foreign policy.
    • Federalists lauded the Farewell Address as an attack on Democratic-Republicans, while Jeffersonians drew upon Washington's support of western expansion with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and used the Farewell Address to justify the trade embargo against Great Britain in 1806.
  • American Imperialism

    • They did not oppose expansion on commercial, constitutional, religious, or humanitarian grounds; rather they believed that annexation and administration of 3rd world tropical areas would mean the abandonment of American ideals of self-government and isolation—ideals expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence, George Washington's Farewell Address and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
  • Isolationism

    • George Washington's farewell address is often cited as laying the foundation for a tradition of American non-interventionism: "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
  • World War II

    • Non-interventionists rooted a significant portion of their arguments in historical precedent, citing events such as Washington's farewell address and the failure of World War I.
  • Stelae in the Greek High Classical Period

    • She bows her head toward both doves, wearing a solemn facial expression, as if bidding the animals farewell.
  • The Debate over American Imperialism

    • The anti-imperialists opposed the expansion because they believed imperialism violated the credo of republicanism, especially the need for "consent of the governed. " They did not oppose expansion on commercial, constitutional, religious, or humanitarian grounds; rather they believed that annexation and administration of 3rd world tropical areas would mean the abandonment of American ideals of self-government and isolation—ideals expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence, George Washington's Farewell Address and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
  • Islam Ascendant

    • In 632, a few months after returning to Medina from the Farewell Pilgrimage, Muhammad fell ill and died.
  • Ceramics in the Greek Early Classical Period

    • The scenes he painted on his white-ground lekythoi are filled with pathos and sorrow, often depicting women sitting in front of grave stelae or bidding their battle-bound husbands farewell.
  • Civil Rights

    • Protection from lynching and desegregation in the work force was a triumph of conscience for Truman, as he recalled in his farewell address:
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