congé
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When I refuse to allow him to marry my daughter, I must give him his congé at the same time.'
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Does she ever regret—repent of her haste in thus giving him his congé!
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
It is all pretence on her part, that she has not seen him dallying about; for she has several times, while giving congé to others of the company.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
Having given the coyotes their congé, we proceeded to pitch our buffalo-tents.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
From what language have adieu and congé been adopted into English?
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
They then made me many apologies and congés, stretching forth their hands in token of friendship; in short, they now behaved with as much civility as before with rudeness.
From Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici by Various
Boiardo did not disdain to assume the style of a minstrel addressing his courtly audience with compliments and congés at the beginning and ending of each canto.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
Nominally, the army is about 200,000 men, but it is whispered that numerous congés are given, in order to divert the funds that are thus saved to other objects.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
