SEND-OFF Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

send-off

noun

Definition of send-off

as in leave-taking

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Recent Examples of send-off These include the proper awarding of corner kicks, analysis to determine whether a player was in an offside position and a review of a second yellow card resulting in the send-off of a player. — Russell Lewis, NPR, 12 June 2026 Tens of thousands of fans gathered at a public square in Oslo to give the squad a roaring send-off. — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Robinson started this past Saturday, when the team fell 2-1 in a physical, testy battle against Germany in its final send-off match before the Americans’ first group-stage game. — Jim Sciutto, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 The team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, were officially presented with the national flag by president Cyril Ramaphosa during a send-off dinner at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for send-off

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Noun

The study of leave-taking was assumed to be more complicated than the study of greetings.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Forest fires were lowering human birth weights, zoo chimpanzees in Kyoto enjoy virtual forests, and the chimpanzees of the Bossou community are formal in their greetings but unceremonious in their leave-taking.

— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022

Definition of leave-taking

Noun

The bittersweet farewell makes way for more adventures and hardships, ups and downs, to come.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 July 2026
Gustavo Dudamel’s farewell to Los Angeles will also function as a benefit for his homeland of Venezuela, which suffered catastrophic losses from twin earthquakes in late June.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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