All departure synonyms

noun departure

• leaving — something that is left; residue.
• retirement — the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
• flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
• removal — the act of removing.
• separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• passage — a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
• takeoff — a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• walkout — a strike by workers.
• shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• turning — a movement of partial or total rotation: a slight turn of the handle.
• deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
• abandonment — The abandonment of a place, thing, or person is the act of leaving it permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
• migration — the process or act of migrating.
• vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• going — the act of leaving or departing; departure: a safe going and quick return.
• adieu — Adieu means the same as goodbye.
• parting — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
• stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
• getaway — a getting away or fleeing; an escape.
• recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
• decamp — If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
• desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
• goodbye — a farewell.
• powder — British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
• hegira — Islam. Hijra.
• sailing — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
• digression — the act of digressing.
• aberration — An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.
• veering — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
• divergence — the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.
• variation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
• diversion — the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
• declination — the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
• novelty — state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job.
• innovation — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
• variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
• difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
• wandering — moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
• straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
• new wrinkle — innovation
• leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
• decampment — The act of decamping.
• deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
• venture — an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
• project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.