departure

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noun

an act or instance of departing: the time of departure; a hasty departure.

divergence or deviation, as from a standard, rule, etc.: a departure from accepted teaching methods.

Navigation.

the distance due east or west traveled by a vessel or aircraft.

point of departure.

Surveying. the length of the projection, on the east-west reference line, of a survey line.

Archaic. death.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French departëure; compare Anglo-French departir (noun use of infinitive). See depart, -ure

Related forms

non·de·par·ture, noun

pre·de·par·ture, noun

Synonyms
1. leaving, going, exit, leave-taking.

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departure (dɪˈpɑːtʃə)

—n
1.	the act or an instance of departing
2.	a deviation or variation from previous custom; divergence
3.	a project, course of action, venture, etc: selling is a new departure for him
4.	nautical
	a. the net distance travelled due east or west by a vessel
	b. Also called: point of departure the latitude and longitude of the point from which a vessel calculates dead reckoning
5.	a euphemistic word for death

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Word Origin & History

departure

1520s, from O.Fr. desparteure, from L.L. *dispartitura, from dispartire (see depart).

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Example sentences

His departure inspired more resignations and realignment plans, leaving the

world's largest record company nearly paralyzed.

Start reading it in the departure lounge, skip the in-flight movie, and you'll

be done on landing.

But the food conceit, also a departure from the norm, cranks.

As for the plan he put forward, it is generally a good departure from his

previous positions, but it is still insufficient.

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"You must not eat with it anything leavened. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it -the bread of affliction -because you came out of the land of Egypt in great haste, so that all the days of your life you may remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt."

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