[ˈkɒ̃ʒeɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an unceremonious dismissal or rejection of someone
(e.g: she gives him his congé, and at the same time avows her real love for him)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘permission to do something’): from Old French congie, from Latin commeatus ‘leave of absence’, from commeare ‘go and come’. The word is now usually treated as equivalent to modern French