EXIT

exit

(noun) the act of going out

exit, issue, outlet, way out

(noun) an opening that permits escape or release; “he blocked the way out”; “the canyon had only one issue”

passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release

(noun) euphemistic expressions for death; “thousands mourned his passing”

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; “She died from cancer”; “The children perished in the fire”; “The patient went peacefully”; “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”

exit

(verb) lose the lead

exit, go out, get out, leave

(verb) move out of or depart from; “leave the room”; “the fugitive has left the country”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

exit (plural exits)

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

Synonyms: egress, outgoing

Antonyms: entrance, entry, ingoing, ingress

A way out.

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.

Synonyms: outgang, outway

Antonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway (archaic, rare), ingang, ingress, portal

(road transport) 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).

(figuratively, often, euphemistic) The act of departing from life; death.

Synonym: Thesaurus:death

Verb

exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited)

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

Antonyms: arrive, come, enter, ingress

(intransitive, often, euphemistic) To depart from life; to die.

Synonym: Thesaurus:die

(ambitransitive, computing) To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)

(transitive, originally, US, also, figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation).

Antonym: enter

(transitive, specifically) To alight or disembark from a vehicle.

Etymology 2

Verb

exit

(intransitive, drama, also, figuratively) Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.

Synonym: exeat

Noun

EXIT

(medicine) Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment: a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex"it. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.]

Definition: He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

Note: The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.

Ex"it, n. Etym: [See 1st Exit.]

1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.

3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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