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Definition of Departure
1. Noun. The act of departing.
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Breaking Away, Farewell, Leave, Leave-taking, Parting, French Leave, Disappearance, Disappearing, Withdrawal, Sailing, Boarding, Embarkation, Embarkment, Exit, Despatch, Dispatch, Shipment, Takeoff
Derivative terms: Depart, Depart, Depart, Go
2. Noun. A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. "The deviation from the mean"
Generic synonyms: Fluctuation, Variation
Specialized synonyms: Discrepancy, Variance, Variant, Driftage, Flection, Flexion, Inflection
Derivative terms: Depart, Deviate, Differentiate, Differentiate, Differentiate, Diverge
3. Noun. Euphemistic expressions for death. "Thousands mourned his passing"
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
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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.
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