/kon"zhay, -jay/ ; Fr. /kawonn zhay"/ , n. , pl. congés /-zhayz, -jayz/ ; Fr. /-zhay"/ .
1. leave-taking; farewell.
2. permission to depart.
3. sudden dismissal.
4. a bow or obeisance.
5. Archit. a concave molding, as an apophyge, formed by a quadrant curving away from a given surface and terminating perpendicular to a fillet parallel to that surface.
Also, congee .
[ 1695-1705; ]