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lighting out

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lighting out

the act of leaving a place

his sudden lighting out for home

Synonyms of lighting out

decamping, decampment, departing, departure, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out

Words Related to lighting out

flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal

diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus

embarkation, embarkment

disembarkation, egress

abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment

Near Antonyms of lighting out

coming

approach, entrance, ingress

Antonyms of lighting out

advent, appearance, arrival

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lighting out

Synonyms and Antonyms of lighting out