departure

Plural: departures

Noun

• the act of departing
• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
• euphemistic expressions for death
• The act of departing or something that has departed.
• A deviation from a plan or procedure.
• A death.
• 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.
• The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
• The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
• Division; separation; putting away.

Examples

• The area is computed by latitudes and departures.
• The departure was scheduled for noon.

Synonyms

deviation, difference, divergence, exit, expiration, going, going away, leaving, loss, passing, release

Antonyms

arrival

Related Words

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