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 Markham Park District executive director Quintina Brown hired a helicopter for her daughter's prom send-off, which then landed in Roesner Park without authorization on May 8. — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 That a player so important to the fabric of Liberty basketball could’ve had a better send-off. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Logan Howlett, got a tear-jerking send-off in James Mangold’s Logan. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026 Following this grand send-off from the winery, the Indian Pacific traveled northeast overnight, across the New South Wales border to Broken Hill, a sister mining town to Kalgoorlie. — Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 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 eyes of the world were on Norway Wednesday, as the country bid farewell to King Harald V with a grand state funeral at Oslo Cathedral.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
Princely Arrival Prince William and Princess Anne were also among the other royals who came to bid farewell to King Harald.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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