The difference between Departure and Retirement

When used as nouns, departure means the act of departing or something that has departed, whereas retirement means an act of retiring.

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  1. Departure as a noun:

    The act of departing or something that has departed.

    Examples:

    "The departure was scheduled for noon."

  2. Departure as a noun:

    A deviation from a plan or procedure.

  3. Departure as a noun (euphemism):

    A death.

  4. Departure as a noun (navigation):

    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.

  5. Departure as a noun (surveying):

    The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.

    Examples:

    "The area is computed by [[latitude]]s and departures."

  6. Departure as a noun (legal):

    The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Bouvier"

  7. Departure as a noun (obsolete):

    Division; separation; putting away.

  1. Retirement as a noun:

    An act of retiring; withdrawal.

  2. Retirement as a noun (uncountable):

    The state of being retired; seclusion.

  3. Retirement as a noun:

    The portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.

  4. Retirement as a noun (obsolete):

    A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

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