<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of departing.</li><li>the time of departure; a hasty departure.</li><li>Synonyms: leave-taking, exit, going, leaving.</li><li>divergence or deviation, as from a standard, rule, etc.: 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><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>