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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting remark or action |
| Synonyms: | adios, congé, farewell, goodbye, leave-taking, parting, so long, valediction |
| Antonyms: | greeting, hello |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip, the boot, the door, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, banishment, bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, congé, deportation, deposal, deposition, discharge, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expatriation, expulsion, freedom, freeing, housecleaning, kiss-off, layoff, liberation, marching orders, notice, old heave-ho, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip, relegation, removal, suspension |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, appointment, employment, hiring, maintainance, retention, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | going |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | departure |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quittin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | [Initial motion from] Departure. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-nouns
departure, decession, decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit (egress); exodus, hejira, flight., leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista; stirrup cup; valedictorian., starting point, starting post; point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation; port of embarkation.
-verbs
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, 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 underway, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say goodbye, bid goodbye; disappear; abscond (avoid); entrain; inspan.
-adjectives
departing; valedictory; outward bound.
-adverbs
whence, hence, thence; with a foot in the stirrup; on the wing, on the move.
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| Antonyms: | arrival |
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