as in departure
the act of leaving a place
your lighting out of church before the end of services did not go unnoticed
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1
as in getting (away)
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2
as in setting out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighting out
Noun
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McMullen’s departure has also come up in another lawsuit against Kroger.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025 -
The bus shelter was on a paved section of the airport departures area where people were being dropped off by taxis, friends, family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The road’s hairpin turns and gravelly washes mean slow going; the trip from Marfa to Chinati Hot Springs will likely take around two hours.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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Here were records of altered states that felt apart from the normal goings on of our mutually agreed upon society, proof that something else was afoot.—
Ellyn Gaydos
August 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hundreds of thousands fled under Israeli evacuation orders at the start of the war but many returned during a ceasefire earlier this year.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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The inaugural event marked the reopening of CWC East after more than two years of closure, following the discovery of elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical that forced the sudden evacuation of about 150 residents from the affordable housing development on Milwaukee's north side.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Lighting out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighting%20out. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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