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departure
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DEPARTURE
1
the act of leaving a place <his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him>
Synonyms decamping, decampment, departing, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out
Related Words flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal; diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus; embarkation, embarkment; disembarkation, egress; abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment
2
a turning away from a course or standard <any departure from the modernist orthodoxy was scorned by the city's cultural elite>
Near Antonyms adherence
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