farewell kiss

Departure lip-press

A farewell kiss is a kiss given when parting from someone, often carrying emotional weight proportional to the separation's duration or finality.

It ranges from the casual peck before leaving for work to the lingering kiss before deployment or emigration.

She gave him a farewell kiss at the airport gate.

Figuratively, a farewell kiss can mark the end of something: The company's bankruptcy was a farewell kiss to the American manufacturing era.

Related

departure · airport · airport terminal · tears · tender · bittersweet · cheek · lingering · platform · train · train station · lover · longing · last · whisper · separation · heartache · love letter

Categories
Opposites
greeting vs. parting

farewell kissgreeting kiss

Affectionate hello gesture

first kiss

connection vs. separation

farewell kisswedding kiss

Ceremonial spousal embrace

affection vs. rejection at parting

farewell kisscold shoulder

Intentional dismissive treatment

turned back · brush-off

Family

farewell, kiss, fare, well, fared, faring, fares, welled, welling

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G