Dictionary entry

Exit (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex″it, n. [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 the water forth through its ordinary exits. Woodward.