Definition of "departed" []

• Bygone; past: relics from a departed era. (adjective)
• Dead. See Synonyms at dead. (adjective)
• A dead person, especially one who has died recently: The family of the departed remained after the funeral service. (noun)
• Dead persons considered as a group; the dead. (noun)

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• "That was what he played, and that was why the favourites for the title departed the tournament at an early stage."
• "My explorations with this Demonstration quickly departed from the bold graphic nature of the original logo."
• "But then came the “redeemer” governments using a combination of a terrorist violence and state coercion to institute an apartheid system and for a while black elected officials departed from the federal government."