depart (v.)

  1. move away from a place into another direction; Go away before I start to cry; The train departs at noon

    [ Syn: go , go away ]

  2. be at variance with; be out of line with

    [ Syn: deviate , vary , diverge ]

  3. leave; The family took off for Florida

    [ Syn: part , start , start out , set forth , set off , set out , take off ]

  4. go away or leave

    [ Syn: take leave , quit ]

  5. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; She wants to leave; 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

    [ Syn: leave , pull up stakes ]

  6. wander from a direct or straight course

    [ Syn: sidetrack , digress , straggle ]

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