Noun bye has 2 senses
  1. bye, pass - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
    --1 is a kind of concession, conceding, yielding
  2. adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
    --2 is a kind of farewell, word of farewell
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