decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit &c (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.
V. 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 &c n.; disappear &c 449; abscond &c (avoid) 623; entrain;
inspan†.
Adj. departing &c v.; valedictory; outward bound.
Adv. whence, hence, thence; with a foot in the stirrup; on the wing, on
the move.
Int. begone!, &c (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.],