The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place; as a departure from London.

Death; decease; removal from the present life. The time of my departure is at hand.2 Timothy 4:6.

A forsaking; abandonment; as a departure from evil.

A desisting; as a departure from a purpose.

Ruin; destruction. Ezekiel 26:78.

A deviation from the title or defense in pleading.

In navigation, the distance of two places on the same parallel, counted in miles of the equator.