departure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of departing or something that has departed.

   The departure was scheduled for noon.

2. 2
   noun

   A deviation from a plan or procedure.

   any departure from a national standard

3. 3
   noun

   A death.

   The time of my departure is at hand.

4. 4
   noun

   The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.

   The area is computed by latitudes and departures.

5. 5
   noun

   Division; separation; putting away.

   no other remedy […] but absolute departure

6. 6
   noun

   the act of departing

7. 7
   noun

   euphemistic expressions for death

8. 8
   noun

   a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Etymology

From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”). By surface analysis, depart + -ure.