DEPARTURE, noun 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 Timothy 4:6. 3. A forsaking; abandonment; as a departure from evil. 4. A desisting; as a departure from a purpose. 5. Ruin; destruction. Ezekiel 26:18. 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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI