departure | Definition of departure

Synonyms and Antonyms of departure

1 the act of leaving a place

his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him

Synonyms of departure

decamping, decampment, departing, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out

Words Related to departure

flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal

diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus

embarkation, embarkment

disembarkation, egress

abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment

Near Antonyms of departure

approach, entrance, ingress

Antonyms of departure

advent, appearance, arrival

2 a turning away from a course or standard

any departure from the modernist orthodoxy was scorned by the city's cultural elite

Synonyms of departure

deflection, detour, deviation, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion

Words Related to departure

regression, retrogression, reversion

Near Antonyms of departure