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departure
 
Noun departure has 3 senses
  1. departure, going, going away, leaving - act of departing
    --1 is a kind of deed, feat, effort, exploit
    --1 has particulars:
     breaking away; farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting; French leave; disappearance, disappearing; withdrawal; sailing; boarding, embarkation, embarkment; exit; dispatch, despatch, shipment; takeoff
    Derived forms: verb depart1, verb depart3, verb depart4
  2. deviation, divergence, departure, difference - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
    --2 is a kind of variation, fluctuation
    --2 has particulars:
     discrepancy, variance, variant; driftage; inflection, flection, flexion
    Derived form: verb depart2
  3. passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
    --3 is a kind of death, decease
    Derived forms: verb depart1, verb depart3, verb depart4
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