OriginBorrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.
- 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, datedLeave 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.”
- obsoleteA stage direction to leave the stage.
Formsexeats(plural)
Source: Wiktionary