Synonyms for departure
dɪˈpɑr tʃərde·par·ture

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1. departurenoun

   Synonyms:
   leaving

   Antonyms:
   arrival

2. departurenoun

   the act of departing or something that has departed

   Synonyms:
   leaving

   Antonyms:
   arrival

3. departurenoun

   a deviation from a plan or procedure

   Synonyms:
   leaving

   Antonyms:
   arrival

4. departurenoun

   a death

   Synonyms:
   leaving

   Antonyms:
   arrival

5. departurenoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   leaving

   Antonyms:
   arrival

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1. departure

   Synonyms:
   egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, refusal, rejection, withdrawal

   Antonyms:
   access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, doorway, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

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1. departure, going, going away, leavingnoun

   the act of departing

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

2. deviation, divergence, departure, differencenoun

   a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

   "the deviation from the mean"

   Synonyms:
   deviance, passing, remainder, exit, difference of opinion, difference, loss, leaving, divergence, deflexion, going, release, digression, disagreement, deflection, diversion, dispute, divagation, variance, expiration, deviation, going away, discrepancy, divergency, conflict

3. passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, releasenoun

   euphemistic expressions for death

   "thousands mourned his passing"

   Synonyms:
   sledding, firing, overtaking, liberation, passage, dismissal, expiry, divergence, release, freeing, spill, difference, sacking, personnel casualty, vent, passing game, breathing out, sack, tone ending, deviation, passing play, acquittance, red, press release, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exhalation, handout, pass, exit, leaving, qualifying, loss, dismission, way out, going, discharge, red ink, issue, going away, spillage, deprivation, termination, passing

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1. departurenoun

   Synonyms:
   withdrawal, exit, recession, retirement, removal

2. departurenoun

   Synonyms:
   death, decease, demise

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1. departurenoun

   Synonyms:
   deviation, retirement, withdrawal

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1. List of paraphrases for "departure":

   starting, outset, output, exit, severance, start, departures, leave, leaving, outward, heading, left, beginning, deviation, outbound, separation, depart, outlet, withdrawal, separations, resignation, departing

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1. Ould Cheikh Ahmed:

   The departure of the Government of Yemen delegation from Kuwait is not a departure from the Peace Talks, we agreed with the parties to keep the talks ongoing until we agree on next steps in the coming days which shall be dedicated to intensive meetings.

2. Arndt Ellinghorst:

   VW has its back to the wall, Horn's departure is happening at the most inconvenient time, if such a key figure quits, this will inevitably cause more unrest.

3. Border Protection:

   The first possibility is precluded by statute( the Deputy DHS secretary is the' first assistant,' and Ken Cuccinelli isn't that). He hasn't been confirmed by the Senate, which knocks out the second possibility. And he wasn't at DHS for any time before Secretary Nielsen resigned, let alone 90 of the 365 days preceding her departure. That ought to be the end of it.

4. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   We are ready to engage with anyone who is willing to talk about what that political transition in Syria might look like, but we are very clear from our point of view it must involve, at some point, the departure of Bashar al-Assad.

5. White House:

   This particular event seems to be a departure from that protocol.