departure

noun

1. an act or instance of departing: the time of departure; a hasty departure.
2. divergence or deviation, as from a standard, rule, etc.: a departure from accepted teaching methods.
3. Navigation.
   1. the distance due east or west traveled by a vessel or aircraft.
   2. point of departure.
4. Surveying. the length of the projection, on the east-west reference line, of a survey line.
5. Archaic. death.

noun

1. the act or an instance of departing
2. a deviation or variation from previous custom; divergence
3. a project, course of action, venture, etcselling is a new departure for him
4. nautical
   1. the net distance travelled due east or west by a vessel
   2. Also called: point of departurethe latitude and longitude of the point from which a vessel calculates dead reckoning
5. a euphemistic word for death

n.

mid-15c., from Old French deporteure “departure,” figuratively, “death,” from departir (see depart) + -ure (see -ure).