goodbye

Noun

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Good-by \Good`-by"\, Good-bye \Good`-bye"\, n. or interj. [A contraction of God be with ye (God be w[i^] ye, God bw' ye, God bwye).] Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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