Exeunt

//ˈɛksi.ənt// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage.

    "undoubtedly the curtains closed at the exeunt of all the characters but one."

  2. 2
    An act of one or more actors leaving the stage.

    "To supply the place of scenery, it was hung round with crimson curtains, through which we were to make our entrances and exeunts."

Verb
  1. 1
    They leave the stage (a stage direction to two or more actors, the plural counterpart of exit). archaic

    "Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need. [Exeunt Lady Capulet and Nurse.]"

Example

More examples

"undoubtedly the curtains closed at the exeunt of all the characters but one."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exeunt (“they leave”), the third-person plural present active indicative of exeō (“leave”).

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stage direction

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