Entry Word: exit

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a place or means of going out <all of the buildingʼs exits were being watched by security guards>

Synonyms egress, issue, outlet

Related Words escape, release; opening, passage, vent

Near Antonyms access, entrée (or entree)

Antonyms entrance, entry, entryway, ingress

2 the act of leaving a place <the movie starʼs quick exit through the back of the hotel went unnoticed by the horde of photographers waiting out front> — see departure