DEPARTURE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

departure

noun

di-ˈpär-chər

Definition of departure

as in departing

the act of leaving a place his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him

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Relevance

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as in deviation

a turning away from a course or standard any departure from the modernist orthodoxy was scorned by the city's cultural elite

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adherence

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Recent Examples of departure The Federal Aviation Administration stepped in and capped the number of departures and arrivals. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Rough seas near Florida and the Bahamas could force cruise lines to adjust routes, change port stops or delay arrivals and departures. — Robin Webb, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 After bolstering the management of its fashion business, Kering is shaking up its creative director ranks, with the departure of Anthony Vaccarello at Saint Laurent and Seán McGirr at Alexander McQueen. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Her departure follows the announcement earlier this week that Christiane Amanpour would be winding down her daily CNN International series and departing the network next year. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for departure

Recent Examples of Synonyms for departure

Noun

Have your camera ready when arriving or departing, as the staff usually perform an entertaining song and dance in traditional costumes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Kronberg said the aircraft landed safely but became disabled at the end of the runway, preventing other flights from arriving and departing.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of departing

Noun

The meat may have been stored in a refrigerator experiencing unsafe deviations in temperature.

— Eva Flowe October 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Detecting such deviations could help distinguish between competing explanations for inflation and reveal more about the universe’s earliest conditions.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of deviation

Noun

Trump’s decimation of the federal bureaucracy, which included cutting thousands of jobs at the State Department, has triggered an unprecedented exodus from the Foreign Service.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Since a mass mobilization drive in 2022, which sparked a panicked exodus across its borders, Russia has relied mostly on large financial incentives to lure soldiers to fight.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of exodus

Noun

This year, the Transhumance Festival took a detour from its traditional historical route to avoid the city’s central square, the Puerta del Sol, where housing activists have set up a protest camp.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
People sometimes assume dog walking was a gap or detour in my career.

— Sally Simmons, Contributor, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of detour

Noun

The ministry did not disclose the missile’s flight time or provide detailed results from the test.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
In a circuitous journey, Bolsonaro left for Argentina on Tuesday with his wife and two daughters, then traveled to Ecuador, according to Argentina officials and flight data.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of flight

Noun

Residents in low-lying and flood prone areas along the San Juan, Rio Blanco, Navajo, and Piedra Rivers are under a mandatory evacuation order.

— Libby Smith, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
While firefighters were searching for the Trotters’ children, a senior disaster recovery official named Jeremy Klass sent a message asking if horses needed evacuation.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of evacuation

Noun

Iceland, long a leader in gender equality, subsidizes childcare, legislates equal wages, gives paid parental leave to both men and women, and has a gender equality act that includes a quota for women on boards.

— Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Leave the Leaves Only clear areas like lawn and walkways, but otherwise, leave the leaves.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of leave

Noun

The company may review requests submitted within three months of the unauthorized withdrawal, but reimbursement remains discretionary.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Barak also spearheaded a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrawal

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