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. Baroness Frances D'Souza:

   Lord Sewel has this morning resigned as chairman of committees. The House of Lords will continue to uphold standards in public life and will not tolerate departure from these standards, these serious allegations will be referred to the House of Lords commissioner for standards and the Metropolitan Police for investigation as a matter of urgency.

2. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   In particular, last point of departure airports, and those are mostly in Europe. Some are in the Middle East.

3. Bertrand Grabowski:

   It will take some time. It requires upgrades in infrastructure...and won't happen from one day to the next. But I see this as an important point of departure.

4. Jonathan Schroden:

   The departure of the last U.S. troops from there will likely serve as the final turn of the page for many of these folks with respect to their time in that country.

5. Andrew Russo:

   I think migraine occurs when there's a departure from homeostasis or, in other words, when there's an imbalance in the body, what we think the medications are doing, such as blocking [ that protein ] ; apparently with yoga you're restoring that balance by reducing stress.