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adieu

/əˈdju/ noun C2
  1. A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. · We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.

Plural adieux

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“Amen!” responded Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allées de Meilhan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 40 · C1
“Adieu, then, sir, and do not forget the prescription.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 538 · C1
The two bade adieu to their landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th inst., and departed to Euston Station with the avowed intention of catching the Liverpool express.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 55 · B2
Adieu, my dear Gérard, and at your next journey alight at my door.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 117 · C1

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