Exit

/ˈɛksɪt/ · noun

Meaning

An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure..

Definitions by Sense

1. An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
2. A way out.
3. (figuratively, often euphemistic) The act of departing from life; death.
4. (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
5. (intransitive, often euphemistic) To depart from life; to die.
6. (ambitransitive, computing) To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
7. (transitive, originally US, also figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
8. (bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead.

Example Sentences

He made his exit at the opportune time.

On the firſt Day of the eleventh Month of the fortieth Year after the Exit from Egypt, Moſes, after he had numbred the People in the Plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, and found that there was not left a Man of thoſe, whom he had almoſt forty Years before numbered in the Wilderneſs of Sinai, ſave Caleb and Joſhua, by the Command of God made a Covenant with the Iſraelites in the Land of Moab, [...]

[...] I have purſued you like your ſhadow; I have beſieg'd your door for a glimpſe of your exit and entrance, like a diſtreſſed creditor, who has no arms againſt privilege but perſeverance.

The entrance of the river Dart into this bay, as well as its exit into the sea, appear from many situations closed up by the sinuosity of the banks, and give it the form of an inland lake, while the rocks on its sides, composed of glossy purple-coloured slate, have their summits fringed with various plants and shrubs.

Mr. Ogilvie, surgeon, deposed that he, in company with Mr. Andrews, had examined the body of George Catt, and found upon him a gun-shot wound, which had entered the right cheek, passed through the mouth and lower part of the brain, making its exit at the posterior and lower part of the bone on the left side of the head.

the untimely exit of a respected politician

However, there are no ideas strike more forcibly upon our imaginations, than those which are raised from reflections upon the exits of great and excellent men.

I have contrived a most effectual machine for the easy decapitation for such as chuse that noble and honourable exit; which no doubt must give great satisfaction to all persons of quality, and those who would imitate them.

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• exits
• exiting
• exited

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