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   ex·it

   /ˈeɡzət/

   noun

   • 1. a way out, especially of a public building, room, or passenger vehicle: "she slipped out by the rear exit" Similar way outdooregresspassage outescape routedoorwaygategatewayportaloutletventOpposite entrance
   • ▪ a ramp where traffic can leave a highway, major road, or traffic circle: "he pulled off at an exit and stopped his Mercedes-Benz" Similar turningturnoffturnside roadturnout
   • 2. an act of going out of or leaving a place: "he made a hasty exit from the room" Similar departureleavingwithdrawalretirementgoingdecampingretreatpulloutevacuationleave-takingfarewelladieuflightexodusescapeinformal:quittingOpposite arrival
   • ▪ a departure of an actor from the stage: "the brief soliloquy following Clarence's exit"
   • ▪ a departure from a particular situation: "Australia's early exit from the World Cup" Similar departureleavingwithdrawalretirementgoingdecampingretreatpulloutevacuationleave-takingfarewelladieuflightexodusescapeinformal:quittingOpposite arrival

   verb

   • 1. go out of or leave a place: "the bullet entered her back and exited through her chest"
   • ▪ (of an actor) leave the stage.
   • ▪ used as a stage direction in a printed play to indicate that a character leaves the stage: "exit Pamela"
   • ▪ leave a particular situation: "organizations that do not have freedom to exit from unprofitable markets"
   • ▪ terminate a process or program, usually returning to an earlier or more general level of interaction: "this key enables you to temporarily exit from a LIFESPAN option"
   • ▪ relinquish the lead: "declarer must cash his top spades and exit with ♦2"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a stage direction): from Latin exit ‘he or she goes out’, third person singular present tense of exire, from ex- ‘out’ + ire ‘go’. The noun (late 16th century) is from Latin exitus ‘going out’, from the verb exire, and the other verb uses (early 17th century) derive from it.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exitless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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