goodbyingn.
/(ˌ)ɡʊdˈbʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪɪŋ/ The action of saying goodbye.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation > saying farewell or leave-taking
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1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 143 Since time, there's no denying, One half in How-d'y-doing goes, And t'other in Good-byeing!
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 92 Twas time to be Good-bying, Since the assembly-hour was nighing.
1904 E. T. Fowler Kate of Kate Hall xxvi. 365 And there is no need for all this good-bying with Mr. Despard, as if we were never going to see him again.
1949 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 4 Feb. 4/5 So, off you go to the station... It is a long series of hemming and hawing, eternal goodbying, and saying the same things over and over again.
2009 M. Hughes Biting Nixie xxxi. 300 We could do a lot of goodbying on the way to O'Hare.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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