Definition of departure

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

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Transitoriness :: Transitoriness (n.) The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
Escape :: Escape (n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody..
Departure :: Departure (n.) Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose..
Northing :: Northing (n.) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing..
Exit :: Exit (n.) Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit..
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing..
Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
Department :: Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..
Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure..
Farewell :: Farewell (n.) Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet..
Egress :: Egress (n.) The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure..
Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty..
Flight :: Flight (n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure..
Parture :: Parture (n.) Departure.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..
Variation :: Variation (n.) Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.
Behind :: Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind..
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