exit

noun

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

   “He made his exit at the opportune time.”

   “On the firſt Day of the eleventh Month of the fortieth Year after the Exit from Egypt, Moſes, after he had numbred the People in the Plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, and found that there was not left a Man of thoſe, whom he had almoſt forty Years before numbered in the Wilderneſs of Sinai, ſave Caleb and Joſhua, by the Command of God made a Covenant with the Iſraelites in the Land of Moab, [...]”

   “[...] I have purſued you like your ſhadow; I have beſieg'd your door for a glimpſe of your exit and entrance, like a diſtreſſed creditor, who has no arms againſt privilege but perſeverance.”

   “The entrance of the river Dart into this bay, as well as its exit into the sea, appear from many situations closed up by the sinuosity of the banks, and give it the form of an inland lake, while the rocks on its sides, composed of glossy purple-coloured slate, have their summits fringed with various plants and shrubs.”

   “Mr. Ogilvie, surgeon, deposed that he, in company with Mr. Andrews, had examined the body of George Catt, and found upon him a gun-shot wound, which had entered the right cheek, passed through the mouth and lower part of the brain, making its exit at the posterior and lower part of the bone on the left side of the head.”

2. (specifically)An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

   “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.”

   “Why do directors assume that exits and entrances need not be rehearsed?”

3. A way out.

   “emergency exit    fire exit”

   “He was looking for the exit and got lost.”

   “She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside.”

   “[F]or the audience, a direct exit in front of the proscenium wall is preferable to one through it. It seems to us, in fact, that that exits at this point on both sides ought to be de rigueur; for in the first place, it is important not only that there should be many exits, but that they should be as wisely distributed as possible.”

   “Ejecting a Violent Patron [...] If a patron is struggling and floormen can hardly keep him under control, the patron must be brought out the nearest exit so the patron cannot harm himself or other patrons. If both parties involved are struggling, both parties must be taken out the nearest exits, but not the same exit. If both parties are ejected at the same time, through the same exit, the altercation will continue outside the club and your floormen will have to break it up again [...].”

4. A way out.

   “When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled access highway except at such entrances and exits as have been designated by the department.”

   “From Washington Dulles International, follow the signs to Interstate 66 east to Washington. Follow I-66 to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (US Route 50). take the Constitution Ave exit off of the bridge.”

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

   “the untimely exit of a respected politician”

   “However, there are no ideas strike more forcibly upon our imaginations, than those which are raised from reflections upon the exits of great and excellent men.”

   “I have contrived a most effectual machine for the easy decapitation for such as chuse that noble and honourable exit; which no doubt must give great satisfaction to all persons of quality, and those who would imitate them.”

6. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment, a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.

verb

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

   “Come, good Remus, our men await us. Let the lion roar and roam to-day; he may be of service; to-morrow, perchance we'll chain him. [Exit Stephano right fourth entrance. Soft music. Remus, exiting, looks hard at Romulus. Exit Remus right fourth entrance.]”

   “Lucy enters at 11 o'clock and runs to her mother after blowing kiss to audience with both hands. They both exit at 11 o'clock, after Appleby's line. Ethel crosses to her victim at 3 o'clock, winks at him and then looks over her shoulder as she crosses to door at 1 o'clock, where she speaks her line and exits.”

   “The sciatic nerve exits via the greater sciatic foramen and may in fact be divided by all or part of the piriformis muscle. The pudendal nerve exits via greater sciatic foramen and enters perineum via the lesser sciatic foramen.”

   “A disinfectant footbath is recommended when exiting from the isolation area. Shoe covers or booties can be placed over shoes prior to entering the isolation ward and disposed of immediately before exiting.”

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

   “Desdemona exits stage left.”

3. (euphemistic, intransitive, often)To depart from life; to die.
4. (ambitransitive)To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)

   “Common Lisp provides a facility for exiting from a complex process in a non-local, dynamically scoped manner.”

   “Every ZAF program needs to call a routine like this to exit the application. Just put it in your library and be done with it.”

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

   “At approximately 10:35 a.m. said John Doe exited 110 East 36th Street without the brown paper bag. [...] On four occasions, said John Doe was observed exiting 110 East 36th Street and observed on two occasions entering apartment actually marked 71, but meaning apartment 710 on seventh floor of 150 East 35th Street.”

   “More than one-quarter (26 per cent) poor in 1991 exited poverty in 1992.”

   “Many owners of private businesses will make the decision to exit their businesses because they have reached natural retirement age, or because they are ill, or because they have decided for personal reasons that they have just had enough.”

   “[C]ommunity-based programmes for women exiting prison work most effectively when cultural issues are a primary consideration and relationships of trust are already established.”

   “These geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) can become a hazard when they flow through conducting infrastructure, usually entering and exiting networks where equipment is grounded to Earth.”

6. (also, figuratively, specifically, transitive)To depart from or leave (a place or situation).

   “When Walsh exited the "Q" train, he walked three blocks underground on the concourse which took him into the World Trade Center, the twin towers which highlight the skyline of lower Manhattan.”

7. (intransitive)To give up the lead.

   “West now plays a low club to the J and Q. North exits in a trump.”

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

   “I take no monie, but good vvordes, raile not if I tell true, if I doe not reuenge. Farevvell. Exit Bom[bie].”

   “A ſauage clamor? / Well may I get a-boord: This is the Chace, / I am gone for euer. / Exit purſued by a Beare.”

   “Agnes exit rapidly, and Ravenſburg is partly perſuaded, and partly forced off, by the Prince Palatine. END OF ACT I.”