congee🔊

Leave, formal permission for some action.

(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.

(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.

(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.

(obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.

(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

(archaic) To give congee.

(obsolete) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.

(obsolete) To give formal permission to do something; to license.

(archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.

(archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

(Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.