exits

Noun

exit (plural exits)

1. An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
   • He made his exit at the opportune time.

   Synonyms:

   egress, outgoing

   Antonyms:

   entrance, entry, ingoing, ingress

   1. (specifically) The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
      • All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, meerely Players; / They haue their Exits and their Entrances, / And one man in his time playes many parts, / His Acts being ſeuen ages.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
2. An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.
   • emergency exit fire exit

   Synonyms:

   outgang, outway

   Antonyms:

   entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, ingang, ingress, portal

3. A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
   • There are no services at the next exit.
4. (euphemistic, figuratively, often) The act of departing from life; death.
   • the untimely exit of a respected politician

   Synonyms:

   death, end, tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise, dirt nap

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