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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place |
| Synonyms: | bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come in, enter, go in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, proceed physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, give the slip, go, go away, go forth, head out, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off, run along, sally, say goodbye, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, walk out, withdraw |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | come, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, go away from someone |
| Synonyms: | break, break off, break up, clear out, cut and run, dedomicile, depart, ease out, go, go separate ways, hit the road, leave flat, part company, pull out, push off, quit, quit the scene, say goodbye, separate, ship out, shove off, split, split up, take a hike, take leave, take off, walk out on, withdraw |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come |
| Main Entry: | separate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part company in a romantic |
| Synonyms: | bifurcate, break it off, break off, break up, dedomicile, depart, discontinue, disunify, disunite, diverge, divorce, drop, estrange, go away, go different ways, go separate ways, leave, part, pull out, relationship or marriage alienate, split up, take leave, uncouple, unlink, untie the knot |
| Antonyms: | marry |
| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove something or someone from situation |
| Synonyms: | abjure, absent oneself, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw away, draw back, drop out, ease out, eliminate, exfiltrate, exit, extract, fall back, get away, get lost, get off, give ground, give way, go, keep aloof, keep apart, leave, make oneself scarce, phase out, pull back, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, run along, secede, seclude oneself, shrink, switch, take a hike, take away, take leave, take off, take out, vacate |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
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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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