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.
Recent Examples on the WebKim departed for Russia late Sunday, joined by his foreign minister and senior military officials, North Korea’s official Korea Central News Agency said.—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023 The North Korean leader departed the capital, Pyongyang, on Sunday afternoon in a private train, accompanied by top officials, North Korean state media KCNA confirmed on Tuesday morning local time.—Jake Kwon, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023 After Ewers departed — and for all intents and purposes, the experience more closely resembled a decommitment than a transfer — OSU found Devin Brown.—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023 Lucas departed to begin the second half after struggling with a sore knee that has bothered him since training camp.—Bob Condotta, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023 The refugees, the suicides, the disabled, the unsheltered, the traumatized, the ones who have departed this reality.—Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023 The credits may be used toward sailings departing within a year.—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023 The Woburn principal at the time of the attack, Jessica Callanan, later departed for Reading Memorial High School.—Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023 Soon after their explosive night together, Shekinah was due to depart from Turkey and return to Los Angeles — which Sarper assumed would put an end to their romance.—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023 See More
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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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