departure
Roget category 293
2. Words relating to space› 2.4. Motion
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#293.
[Initial motion from.]
Departure
noun
departure,
decession†,
decampment —
embarkation —
outset,
start —
removal —
exit
etc.
(egress)
295 —
exodus,
hejira,
flight.
leave taking,
valediction,
adieu,
farewell,
goodbye,
auf wiedersehen [G.],
sayonara,
dosvidanya [Rus.],
ciao,
aloha,
hasta la vista [Sp.] —
stirrup cup —
valedictorian.
starting point,
starting post —
point of departure,
point of embarkation,
place of departure,
place of embarkation —
port of embarkation —
airport,
take-off point,
taxiing runway,
runway,
launching pad,
spaceport.
verb
depart —
go away —
take one's departure,
set out —
set off,
march off,
put off,
start off,
be off,
move off,
get off,
whip off,
pack off,
go off,
take oneself off —
start,
issue,
march out,
debouch —
go forth,
sally forth —
sally,
set forward —
be gone —
hail from.
leave a place,
quit,
vacate,
evacuate,
abandon —
go off the stage,
make one's exit —
retire,
withdraw,
remove —
vamoose [Slang],
vamose [U.S.] —
go one's way,
go along,
go from home —
take flight,
take wing —
spring,
fly,
flit,
wing one's flight —
fly away,
whip away —
embark —
go on board,
go aboard —
set sail' put to sea,
go to sea —
sail,
take ship —
hoist blue Peter —
get under way,
weigh anchor —
strike tents,
decamp —
walk one's chalks,
cut one's stick —
take leave —
say good bye,
bid goodbye
etc.
n. —
disappear
etc.
449 —
abscond
etc.
(avoid)
623 —
entrain —
inspan†.
adjective
departing
etc.
v. —
valedictory —
outward bound.
adverb
whence,
hence,
thence —
with a foot in the stirrup —
on the wing,
on the move.
interjection
begone!,
etc.
(ejection)
297 —
farewell!,
adieu!,
goodbye!,
good day!,
au revoir! [Fr.],
fare you well!,
God bless you!,
God speed!,
all aboard!,
auf wiedersehen! [G.],
au plaisir de vous revoir! [Fr.],
bon voyage!,
gluckliche Reise! [G.],
vive valeque! [Fr.],
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