goodby n 1: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: {adieu}, {adios}, {arrivederci}, {auf wiedersehen}, {au revoir}, {bye}, {bye-bye}, {cheerio}, {good-by}, {goodby}, {good-bye}, {goodbye}, {good day}, {sayonara}, {so long}]
Good-by \Good`-by"\, Good-bye \Good`-bye"\, n. or interj. [A contraction of God be with ye (God be w[i^] ye, God bw' ye, God bwye).] Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under {By}, prep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]