What does "exit" mean?

Exit: The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.
  2. 3.A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.

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