Departure

Quick meaning: Departure is a noun meaning The act of departing or something that has departed.

Meaning

The act of departing or something that has departed.

More Meanings

1. A deviation from a plan or procedure.
2. (euphemistic) A death.
3. (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
4. (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
5. (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
6. (obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.

Example Sentences

The time of my departure is at hand.

The departure was scheduled for noon.

any departure from a national standard

There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.

Word Forms

• departures

Synonyms for departure

Depending on context, synonyms include leaving, exit, divergence, release, deviation, passing.

Antonyms for departure

Common opposites include arrival.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exit, release, expiration, loss, deviation, divergence.

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