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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
| Synonyms: | clearing, discharge, draining, emptying, expulsion |
| 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: | excrement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excretion |
| Synonyms: | body waste, chips, discharge, droppings, dung, egesta, evacuation, excreta, fecal matter, feces, manure, ordure, perspiration, secretion, stool, sweat, urine, waste matter |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt |
| Antonyms: | holding, keeping, maintenance |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | departure |
| Synonyms: | ebb, evacuation, flight, retirement, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | advance, arrival, coming |
| Main Entry: | excretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of excreting |
| Synonyms: | defecation, discharge, discharging, ejecting, ejection, elimination, evacuation, expelling, expulsion, exudation, leaving, perspiration, secretion, sweating, urination, voiding |
| Antonyms: | accretion, eating, receiving |
| Main Entry: | removal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the state of being removed |
| Synonyms: | banishment, deportation, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, eradication, evacuation, eviction, exile, expatriation, expulsion, extermination, extirpation, extraction, replacement, transference |
| Antonyms: | entrance, induction, introduction |
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