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   depart

   /dɪˈpɑːt/

   verb

   • 1. leave, especially in order to start a journey: "they departed for Germany" Similar leavegogo awaygo offtake one's leavetake oneself offwithdrawabsent oneselfsay one's goodbyesquitmake an exitexitbreak campdecampretreatbeat a retreatretiremake offclear outmake oneself scarcerun offrun awayfleeflyboltset offset outstart outget goingget under waybe on one's wayinformal:make tracksup stickspack one's bagsshove offpush offclear offtake offskedaddlescramsplitscootflitsling one's hookvamoosehightail itcut outformal:repairremoveliterary:betake oneselfrare:abstract oneselfOpposite arrivestay
   • ▪ deviate from (an accepted, prescribed, or usual course of action): "he departed from the precedent set by many" Similar deviatedivergedigressdriftstrayslewveerswerveturn awayturn asidebranch offdiffervarybe differentbe at variance withrun counter tocontrast withcontravenecontradictrare:divagate
   • ▪ leave (one's job): "he will soon depart his post as high commissioner to Britain"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘separate’, also ‘take leave of each other’, hence ‘go away’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • P

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   • A

     1

   • R

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   • T

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