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departure
A	noun
	1	departure, going, going away, leaving
			act of departing
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚accomplishment; achievement ╚deed; feat; effort; exploit ╚departure, going, going away, leaving ╚dispatch; despatch; shipment ╚exit ╚boarding; embarkation; embarkment ╚sailing ╚withdrawal ╚disappearance; disappearing ╚French leave ╚farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting ╚breaking away
	2	passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
			euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚death; decease ╚passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
	3	deviation, divergence, departure, difference
			a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚variation; fluctuation ╚deviation, divergence, departure, difference ╚inflection; flection; flexion ╚driftage ╚discrepancy; variance; variant