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English noun: departure | |||
| 1. | departure (act) the act of departing | ||
| Synonyms | going, going away, leaving | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boarding, breaking away, despatch, disappearance, disappearing, dispatch, embarkation, embarkment, exit, farewell, French leave, leave, leave-taking, parting, sailing, shipment, takeoff, withdrawal | ||
| 2. | departure (event) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | ||
| Samples | The deviation from the mean. | ||
| Synonyms | deviation, difference, divergence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fluctuation, variation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | discrepancy, driftage, flection, flexion, inflection, variance, variant | ||
| 3. | departure (event) euphemistic expressions for death | ||
| Samples | Thousands mourned his passing. | ||
| Synonyms | exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | death, decease, expiry | ||
| Domain usage | euphemism | ||
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