What is the meaning of depart?

Move away from a place into another direction.
- usage: "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
- synonyms: go, go away
Be at variance with; be out of line with.
- synonyms: deviate, vary, diverge
Leave.
- usage: "The family took off for Florida"
- synonyms: part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
Go away or leave.
- synonyms: take leave, quit
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.
- usage: "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
- synonyms: leave, pull up stakes
Wander from a direct or straight course.
- synonyms: sidetrack, digress, straggle

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