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
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
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