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   egress

   /ˈiːɡrɛs/

   noun

   • 1. the action of going out of or leaving a place: formal "direct means of access and egress for passengers" Similar departureleavingexitwithdrawalretreatpull-outexodusissueemergenceflowing outescapeemanationdebouchmentvacation of a placeOpposite entry
   • ▪ a way out: "a narrow egress"
   • 2. another term for emersion

   verb

   • 1. go out of or leave (a place): US "they'd egress the area by heading south-west"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin egressus ‘gone out’, from the verb egredi, from ex- ‘out’ + gradi ‘to step’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. egression noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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