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

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  1. He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
  2. n. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
  3. n. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
  4. n. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
  5. n. an opening that permits escape or release
  6. n. euphemistic expressions for death
  7. n. the act of going out
  8. v. move out of or depart from
  9. v. lose the lead
  10. v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  11. 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. 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.
  12. v:41/n:59 n. an opening that permits escape or release n. the act of going out v. move out of or depart from v. lose the lead