departing Definition

depart
verb, intr departed, departing

1. rather formal
To leave.
Thesaurus: leave, go, quit, decamp, retreat, withdraw, retire, exit; Antonym: arrive.
2. To stop following or decline to follow a planned or usual course of action.

Form: depart from something (usually)

Derivative: departed

Dead.
Thesaurus: dead, defunct, expired, deceased, late.

A person or people recently dead (see the 4).

Etymology: 13c: from French departir.