Definition of Departure

1. Noun. The act of departing.


2. Noun. A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. "The deviation from the mean"

3. Noun. Euphemistic expressions for death. "Thousands mourned his passing"
Exact synonyms: Exit, Expiration, Going, Loss, Passing, Release
Language type: Euphemism
Generic synonyms: Death, Decease, Expiry
Derivative terms: Depart, Depart, Depart, Exit, Expire, Go, Pass

Definition of Departure

1. n. Division; separation; putting away.

Definition of Departure

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Medical Definition of Departure

1. 1. Division; separation; putting away. "No other remedy . . . But absolute departure." (Milton) 2. Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away. "Departure from this happy place." (Milton) 3. Removal from the present life; death; decease. "The time of my departure is at hand." (2 Tim. Iv. 6) "His timely departure . . . Barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries." (Sir P. Sidney) 4. Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose. "Any departure from a national standard." (Prescott) 5. The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. 6. The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line. Since the meridians sensibly converge, the departure in navigation is not measured from the beginning nor from the end of the ship's course, but is regarded as the total easting or westing made by the ship or person as he travels over the course. To take a departure, to ascertain, usually by taking bearings from a landmark, the position of a vessel at the beginning of a voyage as a point from which to begin her dead reckoning; as, the ship took her departure from Sandy Hook. Synonym: Death, demise, release. See Death. Origin: From Depart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Departure

department of mathematics
department of music
department of philosophy
department of physics
department of psychology
department of sociology
Department of State
department of the federal government
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
department store
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departure gate
departure lounge
departure tax
departure time
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depauperate
depauperate
depeche
depeches
depeinct
depeincts
depend
dependabilities

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