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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And even the great man had to battle at times for a dollar before departing to take Ferrari's moola.—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025 Macron and Trump exchanged barbs earlier in the week after Trump departed the G7 summit early as the conflict between Iran and Israel mounted.—Callum Sutherland, Time, 20 June 2025 Pico was with Bellator for his entire MMA career before departing as a free agent.—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Trump's met with advisers in the Situation Room three times this week after departing the G7 summit early due to tensions in the Middle East.—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for depart
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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