as in farewell
given, taken, or performed at parting a valedictory address given by the college president upon his retirement

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Recent Examples of valedictory That’s on top of several valedictory parties for staff and friends. Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2022 But those changes didn't hurt Youngkin, who comfortably beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a popular former governor seeking a valedictory term. CBS News, 3 Nov. 2021 But those changes didn’t hurt Youngkin, who comfortably beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a popular former governor seeking a valedictory term. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 In 2017 Ng summarized his vision in a valedictory post on the blogging platform Medium announcing his resignation from the Chinese technology company Baidu. Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for valedictory 

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“Valedictory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valedictory. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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