departure
The act of departing or something that has departed.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of departing or something that has departed.
“The departure was scheduled for noon.”
A deviation from a plan or procedure.
“There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.”
A death.
The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
Etymology
From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”). By surface analysis, depart + -ure.
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DEPARTURE at a glance
DEPARTURE has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,848 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with departure
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