Exeat

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).
  2. 2
    A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.
  3. 3
    Leave of absence from a public school or college. Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, dated

    "[I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school."

  4. 4
    A stage direction to leave the stage. obsolete

Synonyms

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exit

Example

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"[I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

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