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Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.

A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A- (6).

Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.

o prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity. -- Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.

An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. A small part of what he left behind him. Pope.

To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.

The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting an…

Departure from a camp; a marching off.

Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31. And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. Spenser.

Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.] At my depart for France. Shak. Your loss and his depart. Shak.

Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.

To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.] Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone. A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn.

a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

Departure. [Obs.]

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.

ard the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.