apopemptic

US: (ap′ə pemp′tik)

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ap•o•pemp•tic  (ap′ə pemp′tik), adj. 

1. pertaining to leave-taking or departing;
   valedictory.

n. 

2. Rhetoric [Obs.] a farewell address;
   valedictory.

• Greek apopemptikós of, pertaining to sending away, equivalent. to apopémp(ein) to send away, dismiss (apo- apo- + pémpein to send, dispatch) + -tikos -tic
• 1745–55