1. To go or move from.

Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire. Matthew 25:41.

It is followed by from, or from is implied before the place left.

I will depart to my own land, that is, I will depart from this place to my own land. Numbers 10:30.

2. To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice. Jehu departed not from the sins of Jeroboam. Jehoshaphat departed not from the way of Asa his father.

3. To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow; as, we cannot depart from our rules.

I have not departed from thy judgments. Psalm 119:102.

4. To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or demand.

5. To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.

6. To die; to decease; to leave this world.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. Luke 2:29.

To depart this life is elliptical, from being understood.

8. To cease.

The prey departeth not. Nahum 3:1.

9. To deviate; to vary from.

If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles-

10. To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.

11. To part with.

To depart from God, is to forsake his service and live in sin; to apostatize; to revolt; to desert his government and laws.

God departs from men, when he abandons them to their own sinful inclinations, or ceases to bestow on them his favor. Hosea 9:12.