Why this word is great
APOPEMPTIC — [Adjective] Pertaining to or constituting a farewell or departure; valedictory. From Ancient Greek ἀποπεμπτικός (apopemptikós, "pertaining to sending away"), from ἀπό (apó, "from, away") + πέμπω (pémpō, "to send"). Unlike "valedictory," which denotes a formal, oratorical leave-taking, or "final," which merely marks a terminus, apopemptic cloaks any moment of severance in a literary and melancholic gravity. It is the weight of a last handshake on a cold platform, the hollow echo of footsteps receding down an empty hall, and the specific, fading warmth of a chair just vacated—the poignant, formalized acknowledgment that every connection is a temporal vessel, destined for departure.