congé
Permission to leave
Congé is a formal leave-taking or dismissal, borrowed from French.
It appears in diplomatic contexts for official permission to depart, or the formal notice given when an ambassador is recalled.
In architecture, a congé is a concave molding where a column meets its base.
The word is rare in everyday English, surviving mainly in historical or technical writing.
Granted right to act
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- furloughGranted absence from work
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
- time offScheduled absence from duties
absence · holiday · vacation · break · dispensation · liberty · recess · respite
Departing salutation
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
- departureAct of going away
leavetaking · valediction · bon voyage · au revoir · formal goodbye · taking leave · final bow
permission
Granted right to act
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- furloughGranted absence from work
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
time off · absence · holiday · vacation · break · dispensation · liberty · recess · respite · hiatus
goodbye
Departing salutation
departure · leavetaking · valediction · bon voyage · au revoir · formal goodbye · taking leave · final bow
termination
Act of ending something
sacking · ouster · expulsion · removal · redundancy · pink slip · downsizing · ejection · notice · severance
molding
Decorative architectural edging
congéwelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
greeting · salutation · arrival · hello · salute
congéinvitation
Request to attend
summons · welcome · bidding · entreaty · solicitation
congéduty
Required moral task
service · active duty · obligation · assignment · deployment
- I concedeAcknowledge another's victory