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 Mayne Reid
She heard the door opening, Esther's step in the hall; it was all right, the detective would get his congé without being seen by any one but Aggie McGee.
From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Geraldine Bonner
Mr Leeson felt that he had received his congé, as he sank back into his chair.
From The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
"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
The letters P.P.C. for pour prendre congé, written at the lower corner of visiting cards, indicate departure from town or from a neighbourhood.
From Manners and Rules of Good Society or Solecisms to be Avoided by Anonymous
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
