congee

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

Formal permission to leave; a passport.

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

Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.

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

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