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Meaning of depart

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  depart
      v 1: move away from a place into another direction; "Go away
           before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" [syn:
           {go}, {go away}, {depart}] [ant: {come}, {come up}]
      2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: {deviate},
         {vary}, {diverge}, {depart}] [ant: {conform}]
      3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {depart},
         {part}, {start}, {start out}, {set forth}, {set off}, {set
         out}, {take off}]
      4: go away or leave [syn: {depart}, {take leave}, {quit}] [ant:
         {stay}]
      5: remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
         "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her
         position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two
         terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up
         stakes" [syn: {leave}, {depart}, {pull up stakes}]
      6: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: {sidetrack},
         {depart}, {digress}, {straggle}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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