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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