congee

Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):

(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.

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

(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figuratively) 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.