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Departure

Division; separation; putting away.

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Broader term 7

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Death 76% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Decease 76% connected

Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Expiry 76% connected

Expiration.

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Fluctuation 76% connected

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

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Variation 76% connected

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

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Narrower term 22

Boarding 76% connected

of Board

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Despatch 76% connected

Same as Dispatch.

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Disappearance 76% connected

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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Discrepancy 76% connected

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

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Dispatch 76% connected

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

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Driftage 76% connected

Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

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Embarkation 76% connected

The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

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Embarkment 76% connected

Embarkation.

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Exit 76% connected

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

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Farewell 76% connected

Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is…

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Flection 76% connected

The act of bending, or state of being bent.

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Flexion 76% connected

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

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Inflection 76% connected

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

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Leave 76% connected

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

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Leave-taking 76% connected

Taking of leave; parting compliments.

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Parting 76% connected

of Part

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Sailing 76% connected

of Sail

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Shipment 76% connected

The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

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Variance 76% connected

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

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Variant 76% connected

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

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Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Depart 74% connected

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Depart 74% connected

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Differentiate 74% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

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Differentiate 74% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

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Distinguish 74% connected

Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

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Distinguish 74% connected

Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

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Go 74% connected

Gone.

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Go 74% connected

Gone.

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Synonym 10

Deviation 92% connected

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Difference 92% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Divergence 92% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Exit 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expiration 92% connected

The act of expiring

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Going 92% connected

of Go

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Leaving 92% connected

of Leave

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Loss 92% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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Passing 92% connected

of Pass

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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