Noah Webster
Exit
EX'IT, noun [Latin the 3d person of exeo, to go out.] Literally, he goes out or departs. Hence,
1. The departure of a player from the state, when he has performed his part. This is also a term set in a play, to mark the time of an actor's quitting the state.
2. Any departure; the act of quitting the state of action or of life; death; decease.
3. A way of departure; passage out of a place.
4. A going out; departure.