From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
exit
n 1: an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the
way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" [syn: issue,
outlet, way out]
2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure,
expiration, going, release]
3: the act of going out
v 1: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
has left the country" [syn: go out, get out,
leave] [ant: enter]
2: lose the lead
3: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes
and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The
patient went peacefully" [syn: die, decease, perish,
go, pass away, expire, pass] [ant: be born]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exit \Ex"it\ [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See
Exeunt, Issue.]
He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit
Macbeth.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exit \Ex"it\, n. [See 1st Exit.]
1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has
performed his part.
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They have their exits and their entrances. --Shak.
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2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or
of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
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Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. --Cowper.
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3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way
out.
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Forcing the water forth through its ordinary exits.
--Woodward.
Exitial