farewell

Meanings

Plural: farewells

Noun

an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
the act of departing politely
- "he disliked long farewells"
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
A departure; the act of leaving.

Adj

Parting, valedictory, final.

Intj

Goodbye; vale.

Verb

To bid farewell or say goodbye.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl,
East Frisian forwal,
Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”). The extensive list of cognates suggests a postulated ultimate Proto-Germanic phrase of origin, possibly something akin to *far wela.

Synonyms

adieu, goodbye, leave, leave-taking, parting, vale, word of farewell

Scrabble Score: 14

farewell is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
farewell is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 16

farewell is a valid Words With Friends word