parting gifts
Goodbye remembrance items
Parting gifts are items given to someone who is leaving—a departing employee, a guest heading home, or a contestant eliminated from a game show.
The phrase carries slight irony when the gifts are token consolation prizes rather than genuine generosity: Every contestant goes home with parting gifts.
By extension, parting gifts can be anything left behind after a departure, wanted or not.
Token of recollection
- souvenirToken from a trip
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
trinket · favor · photograph · engraving · personalized · monogrammed · inscribed · commemorative
Longing for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
bittersweet · fondness · flashback · scrapbook · yearbook · legacy
Expression of gratitude
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- tributeOffering of respect
thoughtfulness · generosity · kindness · reciprocity · gesture · sentiment · heartfelt · gracious
Farewell event or gesture
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- leavetakingAct of saying goodbye
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- adieuFormal leave-taking
Leaving the workforce permanently
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- transferMove between locations
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
embassy · corporate · diplomatic · door-prize
memento
Token of recollection
remembrance · trinket · favor · photograph · engraving · personalized · monogrammed · inscribed · commemorative · heirloom
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
sentimental · bittersweet · fondness · flashback · scrapbook · yearbook · legacy
thank-you
Expression of gratitude
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
tribute · thoughtfulness · generosity · kindness · reciprocity · gesture · sentiment · heartfelt · gracious · indebtedness
sendoff
Farewell event or gesture
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- leavetakingAct of saying goodbye
- valedictionFormal parting statement
adieu · separation · exit
retirement
Leaving the workforce permanently
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- transferMove between locations
- relocationPermanent change of residence
resignation · embassy · corporate · diplomatic · door-prize
parting giftscover charge
Payment for venue entry
entry fee · initiation fees · buy-in · initiation fee · membership dues
parting, gifts, part, gift, parted, parts, partial, partially, partition