departure

Noun

Meaning

Division; separation; putting away.

Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.

Removal from the present life; death; decease.

Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.

The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exit leaving release difference deviation divergence change loss start going passing variation shift retreat withdrawal
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Antonyms

arrival confederation panorama firth inlet parenthood
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Hypernyms

death act variation deed fluctuation expiry

Hyponyms

despatch leave variant withdrawal exit sailing

Related terms

depart

Phrases with the word

estimated time of departure departure from the truth as a departure from the usual departure point place of departure celestial departure

Anagrams

apertured

Examples

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure. Antonio Porchia

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. Edmund Burke

The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision. Dag Hammarskjöld

Visits always give pleasure – if not the arrival, the departure. Portuguese Proverb

In judging others, the point of departure is always himself. Hungarian Proverb

Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

departmentize departments of foreign affairs departmentwide departure area departure bench departure date