Crossword clues for valediction
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Valediction \Val`e*dic"tion\, n. [L., valedicere, valedictum, to
say farewell; vale farewell (imperative of valere to be
strong or well) + dicere to say. See Valiant, Diction.]
A farewell; a bidding farewell.
--Donne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A speech made when leaving or parting company. 2 The act of parting company. 3 A word or phrase (such as adieu or farewell) said upon leaving. 4 A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.
WordNet
n. a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class [syn: valedictory address, valedictory]
the act of saying farewell
Wikipedia
A valediction ( derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), or complimentary close in American English, is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, or the act of saying parting words whether brief or extensive.
For the greetings counterpart to valediction, see salutation.
The term is also used to refer to the speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement and to refer to final prayers and remarks at the graveside before a burial.
Valediction is a narrative short film written and directed by Dustin Kahia. The film premiered at the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival on April 28, 2014. Valediction — which means the act of bidding farewell — follows the story of a grieving husband, played by Sam Page, who tries to find closure when his young wife suddenly dies ( Italia Ricci). The film is stacked with an impressive cast which also includes James Avery ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Bonnie Bartlett ( St. Elsewhere), and Eyal Podell.
Valediction is Kahia’s second short film. His first short film, "Masterpieces," was shown at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.
A Valediction is a farewell, especially the wording used to close a letter.
Valediction may also refer to:
- Valediction (film)
- Valediction (novel), 1984 novel by Robert B.Parker
- Locked In (film), a film with the production title Valediction
- Operation Valediction, a World War II military operation
- Valediction, a Filipino high school play full of BBCs by PAREF Southridge School
"Valediction" is the eighth episode and season finale of the first season of the American television series Agent Carter, inspired by the films Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the Marvel One-Shot short film also titled Agent Carter. It features the Marvel Comics character Peggy Carter as she fights to stop the Russian antagonists, and is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters and directed by Christopher Misiano.
Hayley Atwell reprises her role as Carter from the film series, and is joined by regular cast members James D'Arcy, Chad Michael Murray, Enver Gjokaj, and Shea Whigham. Recurring guest stars Ralph Brown and Bridget Regan portray the antagonists, Johann Fennhoff and Dottie Underwood, while Dominic Cooper and Toby Jones reprise their respective roles from the film series as well. The latter appears in a scene that ties the series together with the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
"Valediction" originally aired on ABC on February 24, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 4.02 million viewers.
Valediction is the 11th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1984.
Spenser investigates the kidnapping of a young dancer by a religious sect.
Usage examples of "valediction".
A man of letters needed at least a few lines of verse as a suitable valediction, but Jessica could not remember any.
Closing the door behind him, Krakhno flicked his intense gaze around the room in an unspoken valediction, from the second table laden with crudely published literature to the desk-sized copier that had printed it to the locked cupboard where their tiny arms cache was stacked.
He cries out an obscene valediction, and with that he rights his big bag and flops off into the street.
He had worked long and hard on his valediction, intending to exit from the consular stage with a speech the like of which Rome had never heard.
He then gave his valediction, about which he had thought for days yet not known what to say.
Prayer and another long one in which the falling tones of valediction gathered into a melancholy finality.
Musings and posturings, ambles and rambles, bringings-to-mind, by-the-ways, diaphanies and epiphanies, reveries, valedictions and celebrations, all in a style that had been washed away by the aci4 rain.
But whether that mournfull burthen, and treble calling out after Absalom, had any reference unto the last conclamation, and triple valediction, used by other Nations, we hold but a wavering conjecture.
I was reminded, as Sadie talked of ceremonies and valedictions, of the occasions early in my time in London when I'd watched the great iron freighters being tugged in to their berths at Tidesmeet.