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Departure Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Departure? [n] act of departing [n] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [n] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Departure: deviation \| difference \| divergence \| exit \| expiration \| going \| going \| going away \| leaving \| loss \| passing \| release Related Terms \| Find terms related to Departure: aberrancy \| aberration \| abscondence \| absence \| absence without leave \| absentation \| absenteeism \| absenting \| annihilation \| AWOL \| bane \| bend \| bias \| biological death \| blackout \| blocking \| branching off \| bypath \| byway \| cessation of life \| circuitousness \| clinical death \| contrariety \| contrast \| corner \| crook \| crossing the bar \| curtains \| curve \| cut \| day off \| death \| death knell \| debt of nature \| decampment \| decease \| declination \| default \| deflection \| dematerialization \| demise \| detour \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviation \| deviousness \| difference \| digression \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disagreement \| disappearance \| disappearing \| disconformity \| discongruity \| discordance \| discrepancy \| discreteness \| discursion \| disparity \| dispersion \| dissent \| dissimilarity \| dissipation \| dissolution \| dissolving \| dissonance \| distinction \| distinctness \| divagation \| divarication \| divergence \| divergency \| diversion \| diversity \| dogleg \| doom \| double \| drift \| drifting \| dying \| ebb of life \| eclipse \| egress \| egression \| elimination \| end \| end of life \| ending \| episode \| erasure \| errantry \| escape \| eternal rest \| evanescence \| evaporation \| excursion \| excursus \| excused absence \| exit \| exodus \| exorbitation \| expiration \| extinction \| extinguishment \| extraction \| fadeaway \| fadeout \| fading \| far cry \| farewell \| final summons \| finger of death \| fleeing \| flight \| forthcoming \| French leave \| furlough \| going \| going off \| going out \| grave \| hairpin \| hand of death \| heterogeneity \| holiday \| hooky \| inaccordance \| incompatibility \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| indirection \| inequality \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| irreconcilability \| jaws of death \| knell \| last debt \| last muster \| last rest \| last roundup \| last sleep \| leave \| leave of absence \| leave-taking \| leaving \| leaving life \| loss of life \| making an end \| melting \| mixture \| nonappearance \| nonattendance \| nonconformity \| obliquity \| occultation \| odds \| opposition \| otherness \| outcome \| outcoming \| outgo \| outgoing \| parting \| passing \| passing away \| passing over \| pererration \| perishing \| quietus \| rambling \| release \| rest \| retreat \| reward \| running away \| sabbatical leave \| sentence of death \| separateness \| shades of death \| shadow of death \| sheer \| shift \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| sick leave \| side path \| side road \| sidetrack \| skew \| slant \| sleep \| somatic death \| straying \| summons of death \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| tack \| truancy \| truantism \| turn \| turning \| twist \| unconformity \| unexcused absence \| unlikeness \| unorthodoxy \| vacation \| vanishing \| vanishing point \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| veer \| wandering \| warp \| wipe \| withdrawal \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| boarding \| breaking away \| death \| decease \| deed \| despatch \| disappearance \| disappearing \| discrepancy \| dispatch \| driftage \| effort \| embarkation \| embarkment \| exit \| exploit \| farewell \| feat \| flection \| flexion \| fluctuation \| French leave \| inflection \| leave \| leave-taking \| parting \| sailing \| shipment \| takeoff \| variance \| variant \| variation \| withdrawal Departure In Webster's Dictionary \De*par"ture\ (?; 135), n. [From {Depart}.] 1. Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] 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. (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. --Bouvier. 6. (Nav. & Surv.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line. Note: 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} (Nav. & Surv.), 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. Syn: Death; demise; release. See {Death}.

Departure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Departure?

[n] act of departing
[n] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
[n] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"

Departure In Webster's Dictionary

\De*par"ture\ (?; 135), n. [From {Depart}.]
1. Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.]

         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. (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. --Bouvier.

6. (Nav. & Surv.) The distance due east or west which a
   person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

Note: 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} (Nav. & Surv.), 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.

Syn: Death; demise; release. See {Death}.

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