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departure definition

de·par·ture (dē pär′c̸hər, di-)

noun

  1. a departing, or going away
  2. a starting out, as on a trip or new course of action
  3. a deviation or turning aside (from)
  4. Archaic death
  5. Naut. the distance due east or west from the meridian of its starting point covered by a ship on a given course

Etymology: ME < OFr departeure

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departure Synonyms

departure

n.

  1. Leaving for another place

    going, going away, departing, leaving, withdrawal, separation, embarkation, taking leave, sailing, emigration, hegira, evacuation, passage, setting out, setting forth, parting, leave-taking, farewell, takeoff, starting, congé, removal, retreat, flight, escape, abandonment, retirement, exodus, exit, egress, fade-out*, walkout*, getaway*; see also retreat 1.

    Antonyms arrival*, landing*, entrance. *

  2. Difference from a norm

    deviation, divergence, variance; see difference 2, variation 1.


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departure Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • norm: Anyone hoping far a dramatic departure from the norm is going to be let down here.

Converse of object

  • await: We then packed and awaited the departure of the return " red-eye " to Brize Norton.

Adjective modifier

  • radical: Musically this was a radical departure from the previous line-up.

Modifies a noun

  • lounge: Great book to fit into the ' departure lounge ' genre.

Noun used with modifier

  • morning: Day 10 Morning departure for London Heathrow arriving the same day.
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departure quotes

I have but one request to make at my departure from this world, it isöthe charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives, dare now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justicetomycharacter.Whenmycountry takesher place among thenations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.

-Emmet, Robert

Dessa civiliza c° a‹  o so¤   pode sair quem tem como fun c° a‹  o especial a de sair: a um cientista e¤   dada a licen c° a, a um padre e¤   dada a permissa‹  o. Mas na‹  o a uma mulher que nem sequer tem as garantias de um t|¤tulo. Only he whose special function is departure can depart from that civilization: a scientist isgiven license, a priest isgiven permission. But these are not given to a woman who does not even have the guarantee of a title.

-Lispector, Clarice

The whole basis of the views of architecture prevailing today must be displaced by therecognition that the only possible point of departure for our artistic creation is modern life.

-Wagner, Otto

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