Departure

Definitions: Departure

Departure

Noun

1. Act of departing.

2. A variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean".

3. Euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing".

Date "departure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Departure \De*par"ture\, noun. [From Depart.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	= deviation, sense 1. (references)
Transportation	The rhumb line distance made good in an east-to-west direction. Source: European Union. (references)
	The departure between any two points is the distance in nautical miles made good by a ship in an East-West direction in navigating between the two points along the rhumb line. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Departure

Synonyms: deviation (n), difference (n), divergence (n), exit (n), expiration (n), going (n), going away (n), leaving (n), loss (n), passing (n), release (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Avoidance	Avolation, flight; escape; retreat; recoil; departure; rejection.
Beginning	Noun: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction; (precursor); alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure.
Death	Noun: death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall; loss, bereavement; mortality, morbidity.
Departure	Verb: depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.
	Starting point, starting post; point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation; port of embarkation; airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport.
	Noun: departure, decession, decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit; (egress); exodus, hejira, flight.
Egress	Export, expatriation; emigration, remigration; debouch, debouche; emunctory; exodus; (departure); emigrant.
Recession	Noun: recession, retirement, withdrawal; retreat; retrocession; departure; recoil; flight; (avoidance).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Destination Freedom a Time Travel Adventure Stage I Departure Instruction (reference) Points of Departure (reference) Professor Martens' Departure (reference) Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle (reference) The Departure (Animorphs, vol. 19) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Dragonball Z, Vol. 9 - Departure (reference) Dragon Ball Z Vol. 9 Departure (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Departure (reference) Rehearsals for Departure (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Departure of a steamship. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 626. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.Credit: America's Coastlines.		Photographed circa March-April 1898, possibly in a British port prior to her departure for the United States. Note rowing craft in the foreground.Credit: NAVY.
	Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, prior to her June 1898 departure for the Philippines. The monitor USS Camanche is partially visible in the right background.Credit: NAVY.		Maximilian watching departure of last French troops.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Washington Terminal Station--gate in train fence showing train sign set for departure of "Royal Limited," shows track number and time of departure.Credit: Library of Congress.		Berkeley (Calif.) evaucation -- departure day for Tanforan Assembly Center.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Atlanta, Ga. Ruins of depot, blown up on Sherman's departure.Credit: Library of Congress.		Harbor views, departure of S.S. Miami, Nassau, Bahamas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Admiral Schley leaving U.S.S. Brooklyn on Captain Cook's departure for Puerto Rico, 1898.Credit: Library of Congress.		Departure of two-years men from the Army of the Potomac. A scene near Falmouth, Va.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Martin Luther	Sin is essentially a departure from God.
Socrates	The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
Walt Whitman	The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Germany undertakes to make no discrimination or preference direct or indirect, in the duties, charges and prohibitions relating to importations into or exportations from her territories, or, subject to the special engagements contained in the present Treaty, in the charges and conditions of transport of goods or persons entering or leaving her territories, based on the frontier crossed; or on the kind, ownership or flag of the means of transport (including aircraft) employed, or on the original or immediate place of departure of the vessel, wagon or aircraft or other means of transport employed, or its ultimate or intermediate destination; or on the route of or places of trans-shipment on the journey; or on whether any port through which the goods are imported or exported is a German port or a port belonging to any foreign country or on whether the goods are imported or exported by sea, by land or by air. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There was a quivering in the grass which seemed like the departure of souls.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I took leave of my noble protector, who had shown me so much favor and made me a generous present at my departure.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		CDC recommends obtaining written waivers from consular or embassy officials before departure. (references)
Business		It is customary to shake hands with all upon arrival and departure. (references)
		During the airbase era, no residential construction was allowed in the flight approach and departure corridors of Skavsta. (references)
		The point of departure for previous CHoD Defense Studies has previously always been based on defense needs rather than resources. (references)
Children	Macedonia	Despite government cease-fires to permit their departure and ICRC-provided transport to safe points, some ethnic-Albanian parents elected to remain in their homes with their children in conflict areas during combat operations, and at least one child was killed by artillery fire as a result. (references)
Civil Liberties	Tajikistan	Persons who wish to migrate within the former Soviet Union must notify the Ministry of Interior prior to their departure. (references)
	Laos	Citizens who travel across provincial borders no longer are required to report to authorities upon their departure and arrival. (references)
Discrimination	Bhutan	It also committed many abuses against the ethnic Nepalese, which led to the departure of tens of thousands of them. (references)
Economic History	Guatemala	Efrain Rios Montt to negotiate the departure of Lucas and Guevara. (references)
	Mauritius	The arrival and departure terminal has been redesigned and completely renovated. (references)
Human Rights	Haiti	Based on recent turmoil, the ICRC has decided to postpone plans to reduce its operations and to delay the departure of some expatriate employees. (references)
	Solomon Islands	The forced expulsions ended during the year, following the departure of virtually all non-Guadalcanalese citizens from the areas of Guadalcanal Province adjacent to Honiara; none have returned. (references)
	Ethiopia	Remaining family members were given arbitrary deadlines to sell property and sometimes were subjected to departure taxes based on estimated annual income and unpaid balances on government bank loans. (references)
Political Economy	THE BAHAMAS	The government also receives revenues from a $15 per person airport and harbor departure tax. (references)
	Ecuador	Following the departure and retirement of those commanders and congressional approval of Amnesty, the Military imposed sanctions on some officers involved, but tensions remain in the military. (references)
	Indonesia	In a departure from past practice (in which the MPR only met once every five years), the MPR, chaired by Amien Rais of the PAN Party, held its first annual session in August 2000 and reached consensus on several constitutional amendments, including the addition of a bill of rights. (references)
Political Rights	Indonesia	In addition to these appointed legislative positions, active-duty military and police officers also may run for election to government office but, in a significant departure from past practice, are expected to retire (except those appointed to legislative bodies) after they are elected; however, retired officers often retain strong ties to their former institutions, and occupy important positions at all levels of government. (references)
Trade	Azerbaijan	Temporary entry forms covering laptops must be surrendered on departure. (references)
	Australia	Cargo may not leave Australian points of departure unless allocated an Export Clearance Number. (references)
Travel	Nicaragua	There is a departure tax of $25.00. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	The father must approve the departure of any children. (references)
	Tanzania	Airport departure tax is now US$ 30 instead of US $ 20. (references)
Worker Rights	Brunei	Their passports allegedly are held by employers to prevent their departure; there are as well anecdotal reports of such workers not being paid. (references)
	China	The departure of the Karmapa added to tensions and increased the authorities' efforts to exert control over the process for finding and educating reincarnated lamas. (references)
	Korea	However, in a departure from this trend, in April police officers used force at a temporarily closed Daewoo auto factory when workers attempted to storm and occupy the plant. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres	We hope that their proposal for a peace project is a departure from their previous policies, not an extension of them. Clearly you cannot support war and peace at the same time.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	The assurances which were required of the French Government previous to the departure of our envoys have been given through their minister of foreign relations, and I have directed them to proceed on their mission to Paris.
James Madison	1809-1817	A departure from our protracted forbearance to accept the services tendered by them has thus been forced upon us.
James Monroe	1817-1825	Since his return to Lisbon a revolution in Brazil has established a new Government there with an imperial title, at the head of which is placed a prince, in whom the regency had been vested by the King at the time of his departure.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	There may be considerations appertaining to the subject which would render a departure, to some extent, from the rule of contribution proper.
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	Only the inefficiency of the State laws or an unfair partisan administration of them could suggest a departure from this policy.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	This policy represents a new departure in the world.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Unfortunately, the departure of an administration does not mean the end of the problems that this administration has faced.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Departure" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.81% of the time. "Departure" is used about 2,100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.81%	2,075	4,183
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.67%	14	93,893
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.33%	7	133,076
Noun (proper)	0.1%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	0.1%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	2,100	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "departure".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Luz	N/A	Biblical	Departure
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "departure": a new departure ♦ abrupt departure ♦ airport of departure ♦ announce one's departure ♦ day of departure ♦ departure aerodrome ♦ departure base ♦ departure date ♦ departure end ♦ departure from ♦ departure from nucleate boiling ♦ departure from nucleate boiling overpower ♦ departure from nucleate boiling ratio ♦ departure gate ♦ departure hall ♦ departure hole ♦ departure line ♦ departure lounge ♦ departure message ♦ departure of a seagoing vessel ♦ departure path ♦ departure point ♦ departure tax ♦ departure time ♦ estimated time of departure ♦ line of departure ♦ new departure ♦ point of departure ♦ port of departure ♦ precipitate departure ♦ scheduled departure ♦ standard instrument departure ♦ take one's departure ♦ time of departure ♦ To take a departure ♦ upon departure. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "departure": departure-time.
	Ending with "departure": pre-departure.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "departure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		vertrek (absent onself, chamber, depart, go away, leave, leaves, room), afvaart. (various references)

Albanian		vdekje (bane, death, decease, dissolution, doom, dying, exit, fate, quietus), shmangie (aberration, avoidance, declination, deflection, deflexion, deviation, divergence, divergency, diversion, elusion, evasion, fencing, forbear, forbearance, jink, Miss, Parry, sidestep, swerve), nisje (blastoff, commencement, despatch, dispatch, farewell, initiation, lift off, offset, outset, parting, sailing, start), largim (alienation, avulsion, back track, backtrack, deviousness, dissimilation, drain, elimination, evacuation, expulsion, getaway, leave, moving away, parting, recession, removal), ikje (back track, backtrack, escape, exit, getaway, go off, leg-bail, outgo, parting, passing, recession), fillestar (apprentice, beginner, catechumen, elementary, freshman, incipient, infantile, initial, learner, neophyte, novice, preliminary, prime, primitive, primordial, radical, recruit, rookie, tiro, youngling). (various references)

Arabic		‏فراق (farewell, parting, separation), ‏مغادرة (dismissal, going away, leaving), ‏سفر (exodus, journey, locomotion, pilgrimage, tour, transportation, travel), ‏إنحراف (aberration, cant, declination, deflection, deflexion, deformity, depravity, deviation, deviousness, divergence, diversion, drift, excursion, immorality, inclination, list, obliqueness, obliquity, perversion, perversity, sheer, sidetrack, swerve, tangency, twist), ‏إنصراف (leave), ‏إتجاه السفينة, ‏إستقالة (demission, resignation), ‏رحيل (exit, exodus, relocate, removal, remove). (various references)

Bulgarian		смърт (curtains, death, decease, demise, divide, doom, dust, dying, end, ending, exit, expiration, fatality, fate, grave, happy release, last, passing, quietus, tomb), тръгване (going, outgo, parting, start), отстъпление (backtrack, digression, excursion, retreat, withdrawal), отпътуване (going, remove, sailing), отплуване (sailing, weigh), напускане (abandonment, vacation), заминаване (outgo, parting), изходна точка (start). (various references)

Chinese		离开 (Deserted, Deserting, leaves, leaving). (various references)

Czech		odlet, odklon (deflection), odjezd (going, outgoing), odchod (exit, going, off with you, withdrawal). (various references)

Danish		afgang (decrease, drain, withdrawal). (various references)

Dutch		vertrek (chamber, out-migration, room), uittocht. (various references)

Esperanto		forveturo, foriro. (various references)

Farsi		مرگ (Death, Decease, Dying), کوچ (Migration), حرکت (Behavior, Demeanour, Gesture, Locomotion, Motion, Move, Movement, Poke, Progress, Stir, Stroke), عزیمت (Flight, Outgo), انحراف (Corruption, Deflexion, Detour, Deviance, Digression, Inclination, Invert, Leeway, Offset, Perversion, Refraction, Skew, Slope, Veer, Yaw). (various references)

Finnish		departuuri. (various references)

French		départ (decrease, dep., dept.), disparition (demise). (various references)

French Canadian		départ. (various references)

Frisian		fuortfarren. (various references)

German		abfahrt (dep., departures, dept., descent, exit), abreise (going), abflug (migration, take off, takeoff), Start (activation, blastoff, boot, kickoff, launch, lift off, liftoff, opening, runway, shot, START, starting, starting grid, starting line, starting post, take off, takeoff, take-off), abzug (copy, deduction, discount, diversion cut, doffing, extractor cowl, flue, fume hood, hood, moving away, outlet, photographic copy, photographic print, print, printing, pull, racking, scuttle, subtraction, trigger, vent, withdrawal), abmarsch (decampment, march off, moving off), abgang (abortion, daparture, decrease, dirt, discard, discharging, dismount, dispatch, evaporation loss, exit, leaving, loss en route, miscarriage, quit, refuse, separation, spontaneous abortion, tailings, untimely delivery, wastage, waste, weeding). (various references)

Greek		αναχώρηση (getting under way, leavening, outgoing, take off). (various references)

Hebrew		מסע (journey, move in chess, passage, run, travel, voyage), יציא�" ל�"רך, יציא�" (defecation, exit, expense, going out), פטיר�" (death, demise, passing away), פריש�" (abstinence, dissent, retirement, seclusion, separation), פרי�"�" (farewell, leave, parting), פר�"�" (farewell, leave, leave taking, parting), �"פל�'�" (division, exaggeration, sail, sailing), �"סתלקות (abandonment, abscondence, going, withdrawal), סלוק (clearance, clearing, payment, removal). (various references)

Hungarian		indulás (offset, outset, sailing, setout, start, starting), elhalálozás, búcsú (farewell, good bye, goodbye, kermis, leave, leave taking, parting, quietus, saint's-day, send-off). (various references)

Indonesian		pemberangkatan (dispatch, sendding off, sendoff), keberangkatan (take off), berangkatnya (leaving). (various references)

Irish		imeacht (leaving, to leave). (various references)

Italian		partenza (blastoff, Blue Peter, getting under way, leaving, parting, start), allontanamento (pull-apart, removal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		門出 (setting out), 退去 (going away, leaving, recession), 発進 (takeoff), 発 (beginning, counter for gunshots), デジタル通信 (copy editor, dead, dead copy, dead end, dead heat, dead stock, dead time, deadline, deadlock, death, death education, death mask, debug, debugger, debugging, deck, deck chair, dedicate, dedication, deduction, de-escalate, de-escalation, Denebola, denier, denim, denomination, denotation, denotational, department, department store, description, desk, desk plan, desk work, desk-top, desperate, desperate struggle, despotism, destination, destroyer, detached coat, detail, detector, detente, deterrent gap, Detroit, devaluation, device, digital communication, distributor cap, divider, fight to a finish, hit a batter by pitching a ball, rough sketch, to eat at Denny's), 出駕 , 出航 (sailing), 出発 , 出立 , 出港 (clearance), 出征 , 出帆 (sailing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいきょ (going away, in force, in great numbers, leaving, recession, the sky, the universe), デパーチャー , しゅつが (germination, sprouting), しゅったつ, しゅっぱつ, しゅっぱ�" (publication, sailing), しゅっせい (birth, diligence, industry), しゅっ�"う (being transferred, clearance, giving lectures, going to or leaving school, leaving for, proceeding, sailing), かどで (setting out), はつ (beginning, counter for gunshots, first, new), はっし�" (dispatch, eruption, oscillation, rash, takeoff, transmission). (various references)

Korean		출발. (various references)

Manx		treigeil (abandon, betray, defect, desert, deviation, evacuate, evacuation, fall away, forsake; repudiation, jilt, lay aside, maroon, rat on, repudiate, strand, throw over), paartail (die, dying, part, passing, pop off), immeeaght (act, action, decampment, depart, drift, exit, exodus, flight of time, going, going away, paces of a horse; current, paces of a horse; current of events, procedure, proceeding, procession, progress, progression, start, way), goll (disembark, go, going, passage, show out, sinking). (various references)

Norwegian		avreise (leave), avgang. (various references)

Pig Latin		epartureday

Portuguese		partida (farewell dinner, flit, game, going, lark, leave, leavings, match, parcel, parting, party, passing, prank, quiz, sailing, sale lot, side, start, take off). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		ida. (various references)

Romanian		plecare (going, leave, offset, outset, parting, repair, setting off, setting out, start, starting, withdrawal). (various references)

Russian		уход (attendance, exit, leave, maintenance, nursing, outgo, recession, upkeep), кончина (demise, end), выезд (rig), отъезд (going, leave), отступление (back track, backdown, backtrack, digression, flight, retirement), отклонение (aberration, change, declension, deflection, derivation, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, error, excursion, inclination, lead, overshoot, rejection, run-away, variation), отправная точка (starting-point), отправление (outset, transmission), исходный момент, исходный (initial, of reference, opening, parent, presumptive). (various references)

Scottish		triall (depart, go, going, set out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		udaljavanje, polazak (go off), odstupanje (aberration, declination, deviation, exception, retreat), odlazak (exodus, going, walkout). (various references)

Sicilian		partenza. (various references)

Slovene		odhod. (various references)

Spanish		salida (audio output, demand, deportation, egress, emancipation, emergence, exit, export, gateway, going, killing, off, outburst, outcome, outflow, outlet, output, output process, putting to sea, recourse, rise, rising, sale, Sally, sortie, start, terminal, turn, turn off, walkout, way out), partida (batch, book entry, certificate, detriment, entry, game, going, item, lift, pack, parcel, posting, sale lot). (various references)

Swedish		uppbrott (breaking up, breaking-up, decampment), avresa (depart, leave, leave taking, leaving, set off), avgång (departyre, drain, graduation, outgoing, quit, retirement, sailing from, separation), avfärd (going away, start). (various references)

Turkish		yola çıkma (start), yenilik (change, improvement, innovation, neology, newness, novelty, recency, reform), sapma (bias, declension, declination, deflection, deflexion, detour, deviation, divagation, drift, excursion, inequality, lapse, obliqueness, obliquity, perversion, refracting, refractive, spread, swing, turn, warp), kalkış (lift off, take off), gidiş (conduct, deportment, Gill, go, going, outgoing, process, sequence, tenor), geri çekilme (disengagement, flight, pullback, recession, recoil, regress, regression, retirement, retreat, witdrawing), başlangıç (approach, beginning, big bang, commencement, commencing, cradle, dawn, doorway, early, elementary, exordium, first, go off, inception, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, introduction, lead off, morning, off, onset, origin, outset, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prime, proem, prolog, prologue, push off, setout, start, starting, take off, toe-hold), ayrılma (breakaway, breakup, check out, cleavage, decampment, defection, deviation, disconnection, disconnexion, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, divergence, divergency, divorce, excursion, leave taking, leaving, parting, scission, secession, secessional, segregation, separation, sequestration, severance, split, split up, sunder, sunderance, turn off), ayrılış, ölüm (bitter end, capital, deadly, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, dying, end, ending, exit, killing, kiss off, last, latter end, longed-for rest, mortuary, necro-, obituary, passing, passing away, quietus, rest, sleep, the great divide, the grim reaper, the reaper, tomb). (various references)

Ukranian		від'їзд (going, leaving, outgo, outgoing), відхід (breakaway, leaving, outgo, outgoing, recession, recoil, sailing, withdrawal), відхилення (aberration, challenge, declension, declination, denial, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, excursus, incurvation, negative, rejection, swerve), відплиття, вирушання (outgo, start), вихідна точка (origin), збочення (digression). (various references)

Vietnamese		xuất phát, sự rời khỏi, sự ra đi (start). (various references)

Welsh		ymadawiad (decease). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	digressio, digressus, egressibus, egressum, egressumque, egressus, egressusque, excessu, excessum, excessus, exitibus, exitu, exitum, exitus, itureae, iturei, obitus, profectio, profectione, profectionem, profectiones. (various references)
Arabic	500-Modern	hijrah. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 20, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Egw gar oida touto oti eiseleusontai meta thn afixin mou lukoi bareiV eiV umaV mh feidomenoi tou poimniou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ego scio quoniam intrabunt post discessionem meam lupi graves in vos non parcentes gregi
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Y woot, that aftir my departyng, rauyschinge wolues schulen entre in to you, `and spare not the flok;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	For I am sure of this that after my departynge shall greveous wolves entre in amonge you which will not spare the flocke.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 20, Verse 29
Albanian	Në fakt unë e di se, pas largimit tim, do të hyjnë midis jush ujqër grabitqarë, që nuk do ta kursejnë tufën,
Cebuano	Ako nahibalo nga sa makagikan na gani ako, pagasudlon kamog mabangis nga mga lobo nga dili maluoy sa panon;
Croatian	"Ja znam da æe nakon mog odlaska meðu vas uljesti vuci okrutni koji ne štede stada,
Danish	Jeg ved, at der efter min Bortgang skal komme svare Ulve ind iblandt eder, som ikke ville spare Hjorden.
Dutch	Want dit weet ik, dat na mijn vertrek zware wolven tot u inkomen zullen, die de kudde niet sparen.
Finnish	Minä tiedän, että minun lähtöni jälkeen teidän keskuuteenne tulee julmia susia, jotka eivät laumaa säästä,
French	Je sais qu`il s`introduira parmi vous, après mon départ, des loups cruels qui n`épargneront pas le troupeau,
German	Denn das weiß ich, daß nach meinem Abschied werden unter euch kommen greuliche Wölfe, die die Herde nicht verschonen werden.
Haitian Creole	Mwen konnen tou, apre m' fin ale, gen moun k'ap vin nan mitan nou pou kraze legliz la, tankou chen mawon nan yon bann mouton.
Hungarian	Mert én tudom azt, hogy az én eltávozásom után jõnek ti közétek gonosz farkasok, kik nem kedveznek a nyájnak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Seperginya saya, pasti akan datang serigala-serigala yang buas ke tengah-tengah kalian. Dan orang-orang yang kalian jaga itu akan menjadi mangsa serigala-serigala itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka aku ini ketahui bahwa sepeninggal aku kelak masuk di antara kamu beberapa serigala yang ganas, yang tiada menyayangkan kawan itu;
Italian	Io so che dopo la mia partenza entreranno fra voi lupi rapaci, che non risparmieranno il gregge;
Latvian	Es zinu, ka pçc manas aizieðanas pie jums iebruks plçsîgi vilki, kas nesaudzçs ganâmo pulku.
Maori	E mohio ana hoki ahau ki tenei ka riro ahau, tera e puta mai ki a koutou he wuruhi nanakia, e kore nei e tohu i te kahui;
Norwegian	Jeg vet at efter min bortgang skal det komme glupende ulver inn blandt eder, som ikke skåner hjorden;
Rumanian	Wtiu bine cq, dupq plecarea mea, se vor vkrk kntre voi lupi rqpitori, cari nu vor cruya turma;
Shuar	Kame wi wématai, Chíkich Táartatui. Núnaka nékajai. Tura niisha, Yus-shuaran amukartajtsa wakeriartatui, uunt yawasha murikiun amuinia aintsan.
Spanish	Porque yo sé que después de mi partida entrarán en medio de vosotros lobos rapaces que no perdonarán la vida al rebaño;
Swahili	Nafahamu vizuri sana kwamba baada ya kuondoka kwangu mbwa mwitu wakali watawavamieni, na hawatakuwa na huruma kwa kundi hilo.
Uma	Ku'inca moto-le ompi', ane malai-a-damo ngkai rei, bate rata-rale mpai' tauna to dada'a to mpobalinai' tauna to ni'ewu tetu-e, hewa serigala mpobalinai' bima.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "departure": departures. (additional references)
	Words ending with "departure": predeparture. (additional references)
	Words containing "departure": predepartures. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Departure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debature, Decarteret, Derartu. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "departure" (pronounced dupÄ"rkher)
4	-Ä" r kh er	Archer, marcher.
3	-r kh er	scorcher, torture.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-p-r-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: aperture, depurate, raptured, upreared.
	-2 letters: adepter, erupted, pearter, perdure, predate, rapture, reputed, retaped, retread, tapered, taperer, treader, updater, uprated.
	-3 letters: darter, dearer, depart, depute, derate, draper, pardee, parred, parted, parure, pedate, perdue, perter, petard, prated, prater, pureed, purred, reader, reaped, reaper, reared, redate, redear, repeat, repute, reread, retape, retard, retear, tarred, teared, tearer.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-p-r-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: departures, enraptured, recaptured.
	+2 letters: recuperated.
	+3 letters: peradventure, predeparture, proudhearted.
	+4 letters: daguerreotype, daguerreotypy, peradventures, predepartures, preformulated, superordinate, understrapper.
	+5 letters: daguerreotyped, daguerreotypes, distemperature, supersaturated, understrappers.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 70 61 72 74 75 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.. . .--. .- .-. - ..- .-. .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#112 &#97 &#114 &#116 &#117 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0070 0061 0072 0074 0075 0072 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
departure	64	gatwick departure	8
departure flight	47	departure tax	8
flight departure and arrival	44	air arrival canada departure	8
departure arrival	40	departure jamaica tax	7
date departure	37	airport departure pearson	7
departure dr	29	departure flight heathrow	7
departure magazine	25	united airline departure	6
departure plate	24	departure luggage	6
airline arrival departure	16	departure voluntary	6
heathrow departure	15	airport departure gatwick	6
airline departure	13	departure malta	6
american airline departure	13	lax departure	6
airport departure heathrow	12	charter departure vancouver	6
new departure bearing	12	cruise departure new orleans	6
airport departure	12	airport departure jfk	6
air canada departure	11	bike departure works	5
downward departure	10	airline american arrival departure	5
departure jfk	9	airport calgary departure	5
manchester airport departure	9	airport arrival departure	5
airport departure toronto	8	aiport departure manchester	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Departure

Definitions: Departure

Departure

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Departure

Specialty Definition: Departure

Synonyms: Departure

Synonyms within Context: Departure

Avoidance

Beginning

Death

Departure

Egress

Recession

Crosswords: Departure

Modern Usage: Departure

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Departure

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Departure

Photos:Departure

Illustrations:Departure

Computer Images:Departure

Photo Album: Departure

Familiar Quotations: Departure

Martin Luther

Socrates

Walt Whitman

Historic Usage: Departure

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Departure

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Departure

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Departure

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres

Speeches: Departure

John Adams

James Madison

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

Benjamin Harrison

Calvin Coolidge

Lyndon B. Johnson

Usage Frequency: Departure

Derived & Related Names: Departure

Expression: Departure

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Departure

Modern Translations: Departure

Afrikaan

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Farsi

Finnish

French

French Canadian

Frisian

German

Greek

Photos:
Departure

Illustrations:
Departure

Computer Images:
Departure