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A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"),[1] or complimentary close in American English,[2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message,[3][4] or a speech made at a farewell.[3]
Valediction's counterpart is a greeting called a salutation.
^Oxford Concise Dictionary of English Etymology. Great Britain: Oxford University Press. 1996. p. 519.
^Complimentary close on The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition.
^ abValediction – Definition from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). as cited by The Free Dictionary.
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