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 design was a drastic departure from previous Astons, ditching the effortlessly speedy look for a furious, contentious design language with almost cartoonish proportions. — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026 Those schools were added after the Pac-12 started to unravel with the departures of UCLA and USC to the Big Ten. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026 That’s why succession planning needs to begin well before a departure is imminent. — Steve Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Return to Ayodhya and departure Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita return to Ayodhya with their allies after Ravana is defeated. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 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

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 company now plans to expand testing before integrating the engine into a flight vehicle.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Kenya’s own top-flight football league and national teams, for instance, have been riddled with challenges ranging from leadership wrangles to payment delays.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of flight

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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