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Depart and Departure Definitions

Depart

To go away; leave
I depart for the islands at noon.

Departure

The act of leaving.

Depart

To die.

Departure

A starting out, as on a trip or a new course of action.

Depart

To vary, as from a regular course; deviate
Depart from custom.

Departure

A divergence or deviation, as from an established rule, plan, or procedure
Ordered curry as a departure from his usual bland diet.
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Depart

To go away from; leave
"I departed the oppressive building quickly ... without a backward glance" (Joyce Carol Oates).

Departure

(Nautical) The distance sailed due east or west by a ship on its course.

Depart

(intransitive) To leave.

Departure

The act of departing or something that has departed.
The departure was scheduled for noon.

Depart

(intransitive) To set out on a journey.

Departure

A deviation from a plan or procedure.
There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
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Depart

To die.

Departure

(euphemism) A death.

Depart

To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

Departure

(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.

Depart

(intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.
To depart from a title or defence in legal pleading

Departure

(surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
The area is computed by latitudes and departures.
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Depart

(transitive) To go away from; to leave.

Departure

(legal) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another

Depart

To divide up; to distribute, share.

Departure

(obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.

Depart

To separate, part.

Departure

Division; separation; putting away.
No other remedy . . . but absolute departure.

Depart

(obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.

Departure

Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.
Departure from this happy place.

Depart

(obsolete) A going away; departure.

Departure

Removal from the present life; death; decease.
The time of my departure is at hand.
His timely departure . . . barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries.

Depart

To part; to divide; to separate.

Departure

Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.
Any departure from a national standard.

Depart

To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; - opposed to arrive; - often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.
I will depart to mine own land.
Ere thou from hence depart.
He which hath no stomach to this fight,Let him depart.

Departure

The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

Depart

To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; - with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading.
If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles.

Departure

The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

Depart

To pass away; to perish.
The glory is departed from Israel.

Departure

Act of departing

Depart

To quit this world; to die.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.

Departure

A variation that deviates from the standard or norm;
The deviation from the mean

Depart

To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
Till death departed them, this life they lead.

Departure

Euphemistic expressions for death;
Thousands mourned his passing

Depart

To divide in order to share; to apportion.
And here is gold, and that full great plentee,That shall departed been among us three.

Depart

To leave; to depart from.

Depart

Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.
The chymists have a liquor called water of depart.

Depart

A going away; departure; hence, death.
At my depart for France.
Your loss and his depart.

Depart

Move away from a place into another direction;
Go away before I start to cry
The train departs at noon

Depart

Be at variance with; be out of line with

Depart

Leave;
The family took off for Florida

Depart

Go away or leave

Depart

Remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
She wants to leave
The teenager left home
She left her position with the Red Cross
He left the Senate after two terms
After 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes

Depart

Wander from a direct or straight course

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