VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

Synonyms:

valediction; valedictory; valedictory address; valedictory oration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("valedictory address" is a kind of...):

oratory (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous))

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