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exeat

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Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

noun exeats

A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).
A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, dated Leave of absence from a public school or college. [I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school.
obsolete A stage direction to leave the stage.

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@misc{exeat_2026,
  title = {exeat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exeat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}