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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Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt..
Westing :: Westing (n.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north..
Decession :: Decession (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To give leave (of departure) to.
From :: From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..
Flight :: Flight (n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure..
Decampment :: Decampment (n.) Departure from a camp; a marching off.
Northing :: Northing (n.) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing..
Departure :: Departure (n.) Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.
Discession :: Discession (n.) Departure.
Going :: Going (n.) Departure.
Parture :: Parture (n.) Departure.
Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility..
Time-table :: Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc..
Behind :: Behind (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death..
Place :: Place (n.) Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
Total :: Total (a.) Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss..
Exit :: Exit (n.) The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part..
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..
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