Synonyms for depart from
de·part from

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1. depart from

   Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

   Antonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

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1. depart from

   Synonyms:
   leave, quit, go away from

2. depart from

   Synonyms:
   abandon, forsake, desert, give up, not adhere to

3. depart from

   Synonyms:
   deviate from, vary from

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How to use depart from in a sentence?

1. Daniel Bunn:

   It does depart from even the outlines of what we expect out of the OECD.

2. Ilya Yashin:

   We will not depart from the country and leave it in the mercy of 'crooks and thieves'.

3. Ilya Yashin:

   Russia will be free! we will not depart from the country and leave it in the mercy of 'crooks and thieves'.

4. Joerg Hofmann:

   The stable economic situation, as stated by all sides, will again be driven by private consumption above all in 2016, for that reason alone, there is no reason to depart from IG Metall's reliable wage policy.

5. J. William Fulbright:

   It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.