Preferred label

Valediction       

Alternative label

Scope note

The closing words in a letter before the signature, for example “Yours sincerely.” 

Parent concept

Writing manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/596 

Related concept       

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/577