Definition of departure Departure

/dɪpɑˈɹʧɚ/ - [diparcher] - de•par•ture

We found 17 definitions of departure from 7 different sources.

What does departure mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: departures
departure - the act of departing
		going, going away, leaving
		human action, human activity, deed, act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
		breaking away departing hastily
		leave-taking, farewell, parting, leave the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
		french leave an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell)
		disappearing, disappearance the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
		withdrawal the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
		sailing the departure of a vessel from a port
		embarkation, embarkment, boarding the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
		exit the act of going out
		shipment, despatch, dispatch the act of sending off something
departure - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
		deviation, divergence, difference
		fluctuation, variation the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
		discrepancy, variant, variance a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
		driftage the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting
departure - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
		passing, loss, exit, expiration, going, release
		decease, expiry, death the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
		euphemism an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

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Wiktionary

departure (Noun)
The act of departing or something that has departed.
departure (Noun)
A deviation from a plan or procedure.
departure (Noun)
A death.
departure (Noun)
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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

departure (n.)
Division; separation; putting away.
departure (n.)
Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.
departure (n.)
Removal from the present life; death; decease.
departure (n.)
Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.
departure (n.)
The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.
departure (n.)
The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

departure
The act of departing.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

departure
in navigation, the distance between any two places lying on the same parallel, counted in miles of the equator; or the distance of one place from the meridian of another, counted on the parallel passing over that place. See NAVIGATION.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

departure
The bearing of an object on the coast from which a vessel commences her dead-reckoning and takes her departure. The distance of any two places lying on the same parallel counted in miles of the equator.