congé
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
congé /ˈkɒ̃ʒeɪ/
▶noun an unceremonious dismissal or rejection.
– origin ME: from OFr. congie, from L. commeatus ‘leave of absence’, from commeare ‘go and come’.
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