exodus

name

1. The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
2. The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.

noun

1. A sudden departure of a large number of people.

   “At 18ʰ00′, 21 minutes before sunset, the migrants started to depart in waves as already described for other exodi; […]”

   “Further, rural exodus, especially among young generations who refuse to engage themselves in hard, misremunerated agricultural work, is also a cause of the current crisis.”

   “While this report acknowledged that resentment of military conscription without the provision of political rights was one reason for the exodus, it went on to recommend that the entire colonial system in Algeria needed reform to prevent future exodi.”

verb

1. (transitive)To depart from a place in a large group.