deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course.
never deviated from her daily routine
depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type.
occasionally departs from his own guidelines
digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse.
a professor prone to digress
diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions.
after school their paths diverged
Examples of depart in a Sentence
The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.
Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m.
The train departed the station on time.
He is departing after 20 years with the company.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, to divide, part company, from Anglo-French departir, from de- + partir to divide, from Latin partire, from part-, pars part
: to fail to follow : deviate from a course or standard
rather than sentencing petitioners to a term within the Guideline range, however, the District Court departed downward eight levels—Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
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