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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage out |
| Synonyms: | departure, doorway, emanation, emergence, escape, exit, exiting, exodus, issue, opening, outlet, setting-out, vent, way out, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | entrance |
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| Main Entry: | aisle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passageway dividing something |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, clearing, corridor, course, egress, gangway, hallway, ingress, lane, opening, passage, path, walk, way |
| Notes: | the bride actually walks up the nave (from Latin navis 'ship') of a church, not one of the aisles (one of the two parts parallel to the nave) |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | door |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrance to room, building |
| Synonyms: | aperture, egress, entry, entryway, exit, gate, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, opening, portal, postern, slammer |
| Main Entry: | emanate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come forth; give off |
| Synonyms: | arise, birth, derive, discharge, egress, emerge, emit, exhale, exit, exude, flow, initiate, issue, originate, proceed, radiate, rise, send forth, spring, stem |
| Antonyms: | take, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | emerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come out, arise |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, become apparent, become known, become visible, come forth, come into view, come on the scene, come to light, come up, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, egress, emanate, flow, gush, issue, loom, make appearance, materialize, originate, proceed, rise, show, spring, spring up, spurt, steam, stem, surface, transpire, turn up |
| Antonyms: | disappear, fade, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way out of a place |
| Synonyms: | avenue, door, egress, fire escape, gate, hole, opening, outlet, passage out, vent |
| Antonyms: | entrance |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | adieu, death, demise, departure, egress, egression, evacuation, exodus, expiration, expiry, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, offgoing, retirement, retreat, stampede, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | arrival, arriving, coming, entering, entrance |
| Main Entry: | exodus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | departure, egress, egression, emigration, evacuation, exit, exiting, flight, going out, journey, migration, offgoing, retirement, retreat, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | arrival, entrance |
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