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Depart

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Verb group 2

Leave 84% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Leave 84% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 9

Aberrate 76% connected

To go astray; to diverge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Belie 76% connected

To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blaze 76% connected

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Congee 76% connected

See Conge, Conge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contradict 76% connected

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decamp 76% connected

To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resign 76% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deviate 76% connected

To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Differ 76% connected

To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divert 76% connected

To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its u…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exit 76% connected

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 16

Departer 74% connected

One who refines metals by separation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Departer 74% connected

One who refines metals by separation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Departure 74% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Departure 74% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Digression 74% connected

The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Digression 74% connected

The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sport 74% connected

That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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Sport 74% connected

That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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Variance 74% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Variance 74% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Variant 74% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Variant 74% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Variation 74% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Variation 74% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 10

Deviate 92% connected

To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Digress 92% connected

To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or spea…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Diverge 92% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Go 92% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Leave 92% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quit 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Start 92% connected

To leap; to jump.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Straggle 92% connected

To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vary 92% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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