<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of departing</li><li>the time of departure</li><li>a hasty departure</li><li>leave-taking</li><li>exit</li><li>going</li><li>leaving</li><li>divergence or deviation, as from a standard, rule, etc.</li><li>a departure from accepted teaching methods</li><li>Navigation: the distance due east or west traveled by a vessel or aircraft</li><li>point of departure</li><li>Surveying: the length of the projection, on the east-west reference line, of a survey line</li><li>Archaic: death</li></ul>