departure

  1. Noun.  the act of departing or something that has departed.
  2. Noun.  a deviation from a plan or procedure.
  3. Noun.  a death.
  4. Noun.  (context, navigation) the distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.

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