07-11-2017, 11:29 AM
A farewell or farewell speech is a speech given by an individual who leaves a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as for the previous race, or as statements of people related to the reasons for their departure. The term is often used as a euphemism for "retirement discourse," although it is broader in the sense that it may include a geographical or even biological conclusion. In the classics, a term for a worthy and poetic farewell speech is apobaterion (ἀποβατήριον), opposing the epibaterion, the corresponding discourse made upon arrival.
