departures

noun

1. The act of departing or something that has departed.“The departure was scheduled for noon.”
2. A deviation from a plan or procedure.“There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.”
3. A death.
4. 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.