departure

Roget-categorie 293

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
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#293. [Initial motion from.] Departure

zelfstandig naamwoord

departure, decession^†, decampment — embarkation — outset, start — removal — exit etc. (egress) 295 — exodus, hejira, flight.
leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen [G.], sayonara, dosvidanya [Rus.], ciao, aloha, hasta la vista [Sp.] — stirrup cup — valedictorian.
starting point, starting post — point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation — port of embarkation — airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport.

werkwoord

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 [Slang], 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 under way, weigh anchor — strike tents, decamp — walk one's chalks, cut one's stick — take leave — say good bye, bid goodbye etc. n. — disappear etc. 449 — abscond etc. (avoid) 623 — entrain — inspan^†.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

departing etc. v. — valedictory — outward bound.

bijwoord

whence, hence, thence — with a foot in the stirrup — on the wing, on the move.

tussenwerpsel

begone!, etc. (ejection) 297 — farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir! [Fr.], fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen! [G.], au plaisir de vous revoir! [Fr.], bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise! [G.], vive valeque! [Fr.],

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