Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Departure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Departure.
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- noun obsolete
departure
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Examples
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Mr. Rangel did find some sympathy from the committee over the de parture of his lawyers last month.
Ethics Panel Finding Hints at Guilty Verdict for Rangel Devlin Barrett 2010
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This is a de -- parture from government guidelines, but it's well supported by recent studies.
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The 30 percent tip I left meant a relatively guilt-free de - parture for the two of us -- if not exactly a sober one.
Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005
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"So we're killing time until Hawk gets things ready for our de - parture."
Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000
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And before she released him, Taen cast a veil of confusion over her brother's thoughts, that the disorientation he had experienced following his de-parture from the King's audience chamber could not be too clearly examined.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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Just before his de - parture in his own speedster to join the Dauntless, he had a brief word with the girl.
The Dragon Lensman Kyle, David, 1919- 1981
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" "If you like, you can stay the five days until de-parture here in the post.
Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979
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Silently, momentarily, they shared, as long ago, their de - parture despair.
The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972
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He directs an argument against contem - porary innovations in these arts and in doing so pro - vides at once grounds from which attacks have been launched against his entire philosophy, points of de - parture for theories of Greek culture, and bases for detailed studies of the development of Greek art.
CREATIVITY IN ART MILTON C. NAHM 1968
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The point of de - parture is Menger's framework: man chooses in response to his varied wants and in accord with the hierarchy of these wants.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas NICHOLAS GEORGESCU-ROEGEN 1968
biocon commented on the word parture
In addition, parture signifies 1. offspring; 2. the action of giving birth (Oxford English Dictionary).
August 30, 2011