goodbye letter
Final written words
A goodbye letter is a written message left before a significant departure—whether permanent separation, death, or suicide.
The term often appears in discussions of suicide prevention, where such letters explain the writer's reasons or express final wishes.
More innocuously, it may accompany a resignation or the end of a relationship: She left a goodbye letter on his pillow.
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- final farewellConclusive leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- suicide noteMessage preceding self-inflicted death
- final wordsTerminal utterance before death
closure · heartbreak · departure · going away · ending · regret · tears · envelope · signed and sealed · handwritten · confession · apology · memories · forgiveness · last words · pen · paper · seal
- farewellsfarewell, bye, adieu, bye-bye, adios
- tragic romanceRomeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Wuthering Heights, doomed lovers, star-crossed
- tearjerkerstearjerker, tearjerkers, weepie, weepies, weepy
goodbye letterwelcome letter
Initial correspondence for newcomers
greeting card · welcome message · letter of introduction · salutation · housewarming card
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