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Depart   /dɪpˈɑrt/   Listen
Depart

verb
(past & past part. departed; pres. part. departing)
1.
Move away from a place into another direction.  Synonyms: go, go away.  "The train departs at noon"  Antonym: come.
2.
Be at variance with; be out of line with.  Synonyms: deviate, diverge, vary.  Antonym: conform.
3.
Leave.  Synonyms: part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off.
4.
Go away or leave.  Synonyms: quit, take leave.  Antonym: stay.
5.
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.  Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes.  "The teenager left home" , "She left her position with the Red Cross" , "He left the Senate after two terms" , "After 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
6.
Wander from a direct or straight course.  Synonyms: digress, sidetrack, straggle.



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"Depart" Quotes from Famous Books



... cities where inspection laws are in force that give the methods and rules by which the safe working pressure of a boiler is calculated, there is no alternative except to follow the rules; and if certain requirements regarding construction are a part of the law, there is no authority or right to depart from it, and yet there are boilermakers who try to force their boilers into such localities when their work is not up to the requirements of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various

... characteristic. My plan being formed, every moment of delay would have been torment; and he, entering into all my thoughts and sympathising with all my wishes, prompted me to follow my bent. It was therefore agreed that I and my companion should depart by one of the coaches which would pass an inn at some distance in the morning. A messenger was accordingly dispatched to take places in the first vacant coach, arrangements for money-matters were made with every possible delicacy ...
— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

... French King, who had left about him no more than a threescore persons, one and other, whereof Sir John of Hainault was one, who had remounted once the King, for his horse was slain with an arrow, then he said to the King, "Sir, depart hence, for it is time; lose not yourself willfully: if ye have loss at this time, ye shall recover it again another season." And so he took the King's horse by the bridle and led him away in a manner perforce. ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I • Various

... nothing particular in the incidents just related, now urged Mave to depart; and the latter, on exchanging glances with Dalton, could perceive that a feeble hectic had overspread his face. She looked on him earnestly for a moment, then paused as if in thought, and going round to his bedside, knelt down, and taking his ...
— The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine • William Carleton

... that surge, or soon or late, May they in peace depart; And meet within the shining gate, No ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various


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