departure
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Is departure a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of departure?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (euphemistic) A death.Examples: "The time of my departure is at hand."; "His timely departure […] barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries."countableeuphemisticuncountable
2. (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.countableuncountable
3. (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.Examples: "The area is computed by latitudes and departures."countableuncountable
4. (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of anothercountableuncountable
5. (obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.Examples: "no other remedy […] but absolute departure"countableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary