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ingress, egress, and regress

ingress, egress, and regress noun: the right to enter, leave, and reenter.

Noun

ingress, egress, and regress

  1. The right to enter, leave, and reenter.
    • It had ever been the custom of the family, and by length of time was almost become a matter of common right, that the eldest son of it should have free ingress, egress, and regress into foreign parts before marriage—not only for the sake of bettering his own private parts, by the benefit of...1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]

Questions about ingress, egress, and regress

What does ingress, egress, and regress mean?
Ingress, egress, and regress means the right to enter, leave, and reenter.
What part of speech is ingress, egress, and regress?
Ingress, egress, and regress is a noun.

Words near ingress, egress, and regress in the dictionary

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