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to depart

to depart

22 4.1
To move away from a plan or the usual way
  • verb
  • /dɪˈpɑrt/
  • Formal
: apartarse de
  • She chose to depart from conventional methods and try an innovative approach in her project.
  • depart from tradition
  • depart from previous research
  • depart radically from

It's each their own and never departs from it.

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Examples

  • And, and it's impossible to defeat that argument because the, the, the West has departed from its principles in this case.

  • Rather, I'll just give one example so that we depart the abstract a little bit.

  • There was a way in which that change let me depart from the restrictions of my own life.

  • When you did depart from the the faith, do you find yourself to be happier?

  • I had orders not to depart without survivors.

    The Darkest Hour (2011)

  • And I have reason to believe that your elder daughter is not altogether willing to depart.

    Jefferson in Paris (1995)

  • And I think that they've departed from a lot of the values that made that party so attractive to me growing up.

    Bussin' With The Boys

  • Individual rights are privileged, but not for reasons that depart from utilitarian assumptions.

  • Now, you will have to allow us to depart, for we are all drooping with weariness.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Judges then must give explanations when they "depart" from the resulting guideline sentence.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

to vary
vsto depart
228 2.5

Be different depending on the time or situation

refers to moving away from a rule or path rather than simple change
to deviate
vsto depart
44 5.8

To change direction or move away from a planned route

means the same but uses a different common phrasing
to diverge
vsto depart
23 6.8

To move apart and also become different, like roads or opinions

emphasizes leaving rules or routes rather than splitting from a common point
to digress
vsto depart
21 6.8

To start talking about something else for a short time

applies to straying from any path, rule, or standard not only speech topics
to deviate from the plan
vsto depart
3 5.4

To do something different from the plan

is broader, applying to paths, rules, and standards beyond intended courses

Antonyms

to adhere
98 4.7

Continue to follow and support a rule, belief, or person

to conform
84 3.2

Think and act like other people or follow rules

Phrasal Verbs

to depart for
15 2.5

To leave one place to go to another place

How Far

to abandon
201 3.8
to depart
  • Formal
22 4.1
to veer
65 4.2
to stray
75 2.8

Surface Forms

depart infinitive
departed past
departed past participle
departing present participle
departs third person singular

Morphology

depart = part (semi-transparent) = de + part

The sense 'deviate from' is somewhat understandable as 'move away from' or 'separate from', though this is not a fully productive modern de- formation.

Etymology

Depart in the sense of leaving a path or rule also comes from de- 'away' and part 'part', so picture something 'going apart' from the usual course. So, to depart from a plan is to move away from it or do something different.