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egress noun [ ˈiːɡrɛs ]

• the action of going out of or leaving a place.
• "direct means of access and egress for passengers"
Similar: departure, leaving, exit, withdrawal, retreat, pull-out, exodus, issue, emergence, flowing out, escape, emanation, debouchment, vacation of a place,
Opposite: entry,
• another term for emersion.

egress verb

• go out of or leave (a place).
• "they'd egress the area by heading south-west"
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin egressus ‘gone out’, from the verb egredi, from ex- ‘out’ + gradi ‘to step’.


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