Definition of "farewel" [farewel]

• A simplified spelling of farewell. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "When she was gone I recollected that I had not read the letter, therefore eagerly took it up to look for her present abode; but how shall I tell you my distraction upon finding she had carefully concealed it, and had written a kind of farewel! her date simply London."
• "There is no feeling in nature so painful as bidding farewel to those whose society has constituted all the joy of life."
• "Tender and affecting was the parting between the mother and daughter, as Matilda, with tears of filial affection, bade her farewel."