DEPARTURE, n. 1. The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place; as a departure from London.2. Death; decease; removal from the present life.The time of my departure is at hand. 2 Tim. 4.3. A forsaking; abandonment; as a departure from evil.4. A desisting; as a departure from a purpose.5. Ruin; destruction. Ezek. 26.6. A deviation from the title or defense in pleading.7. In navigation, the distance of two places on the same parallel, counted in miles of the equator.
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