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Departure. [Obs.] Spenser.

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.

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.

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.

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