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Noun: point of departure
  1. A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
    "my point of departure was San Francisco";
    - jumping-off place
     
  2. A beginning from which an enterprise is launched
    "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out";
    - springboard, jumping-off point

Derived forms: points of departure

Type of: beginning, commencement, origin, root, rootage, source, start

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point after touchdown
point duty
point in time
point jam
point lace
point man
point mass
point mutation
point of accumulation
point of apoapsis
point of departure
point of entry
point of honor
point of honour
point of intersection
point of no return
point of order
point of periapsis
point of reference
point of view
point out