congé

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Left to herself, she would make light of such a suitor, and give him his congé with a brusque promptitude.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

"Anglice, Vaughan gets us good introductions, and makes Paris pleasant to us; we'll use him while we want him: when we don't, we will give him his congé."

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

I was so sure of my dismissal, that when I returned to the house from the shore I expected some sort of lettre de congé; but I found nothing.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

They conversed, however, for nearly an hour before she rose, and Captain Sengoun gracefully accepted his congé.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge

After the death of Abbess Agnes Gascoigne in July 1529, the nineteen nuns of Elstow, having received Henry VIII’s congé d’élire, assembled in their chapter house on August 9th, to elect her successor.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen