exeat

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noun

A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).

OriginLatin exeat →
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Meanings

nounexeat (plural exeats)

plural exeats

  1. A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).
  2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.
  3. AustraliaNew ZealandSouth AfricaUKdatedLeave 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.

    1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 66
  4. obsoleteentertainmentA stage direction to leave the stage.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
exit

Origin

  1. Latinexeat
  2. Englishexeat

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

exeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exeat

MLA

“exeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exeat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exeat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exeat.

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