departure

[ dih-pahr-cher ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of departing: the time of departure; a hasty departure.

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

  1. Navigation.

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

  3. Archaic. death.

Origin of departure

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Old French departëure; compare Anglo-French departir (noun use of infinitive). See depart, -ure

Other words for departure

Other words from departure

  • non·de·par·ture, noun
  • pre·de·par·ture, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for departure

departure

/ (dɪˈpɑːtʃə) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of departing

  2. a deviation or variation from previous custom; divergence

  1. a project, course of action, venture, etc: selling is a new departure for him

  2. nautical

    • the net distance travelled due east or west by a vessel

    • Also called: point of departure the latitude and longitude of the point from which a vessel calculates dead reckoning

  3. a euphemistic word for death

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