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, departure, 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, departure, 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, departure, 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. Gavin Newsom:

   This is going to force a radical departure from the existing rules and regulations around the NCAA. They're either going to be rolled over by it, public opinion and other states' rules, or they're going to have to wake up and lead.

2. Todd Rosenbluth:

   The Pimco Total Return Fund is struggling to gather new assets despite the strong record in 2015 and thus far in 2016, the fund remains in a penalty box since the departure of Bill Gross despite a strong recent yet short-term record.

3. Matthias Somm/CNN The enemy:

   The Earth is round – discovery made by Galileo. Astronomy was not studied in Kremlin, giving preference to court astrologers. If it was, they would know: If something is launched into other countries’ airspace, sooner or later unknown flying objects will return to departure point.

4. Dan Ivascyn:

   We've been very stable in implementing our investment process from the first day of Bill's departure, from that perspective, we've been in very good shape.

5. Matthew Kolken:

   The Obama administration’s strategy was to expedite deportations of refugee children oftentimes without a lawyer, and jail refugee mothers with children as a deterrent, yes, Trump’s zero-tolerance policy is concerning, but it isn’t a huge departure from what we saw under Obama, as 52 percent of all federal criminal prosecutions were for immigration related crimes when he left office.