return voyage
Trip going home
A return voyage is the journey back to the point of origin, especially by ship.
The term implies a round trip—an outbound leg followed by a homeward one: The return voyage took three weeks longer due to storms.
It appears in historical accounts of exploration and maritime trade, where ships carried different cargo on each leg.
- homewardToward one's dwelling
- home portShip's official station
- journeyTravel from place to place
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- passageSegment of text
crossing · homecoming · weigh anchor · arrival · safe harbor · ship · sea captain · sea · nautical · expedition · traveler · odyssey · embark · disembark · harbor · port · destination · reunion
- voyagescruise, passage, crossing, transatlantic crossing, Atlantic crossing
- Pacific voyagingwaka, double hull, outrigger canoe, wayfinding, aka
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, journey
direction of journey
return voyagedeparture
Act of going away
maiden voyage · first leg · setting out · embarkation · one-way trip
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