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/fɛəˈwɛl/ · noun
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure..
He bid farewell to all of his fans.
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
The last train—a three-coach A.E.C. unit—from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers.
Before I take my farewell of the subject.
See how the morning opes her golden gates, And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.
a farewell discourse; the band's farewell tour
“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
But with the first gray light of dawn he arose; and before drawing the white sheet veilingly over, he took a last farewell look at that angel face.
Use farewell when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Farewell means A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure..
Common synonyms include goodbye, adieu, vale, valedictory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He bid farewell to all of his fans.
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