# leave (movement)

to go away from a place

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: verb  ·  Arena: leave

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [go](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-go.movement), [away](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-away.spatial), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** go.movement and away.spatial together, grounded in space.extent, create movement from a place in a direction away from it

**Novel properties:**
- departure from a location
- directed motion away
- spatial separation in progress

## Examples
- The Apollo 11 spacecraft left Earth's surface on July 16, 1969, rising from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. *(spaceflight)*
- At 9:28 AM on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 left the air traffic control radar over Pennsylvania. *(aviation)*
- By 2023, 7.8 million Venezuelans had left their country due to economic collapse, crossing borders into Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. *(migration)*

## Used by
- [airport](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-airport.transport) (L17)
- [legacy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-legacy.enduring) (L18)
- [rich](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rich.abundant) (L15)
- [scar](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scar.residual) (L17)

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