egression

[ih-gresh-uhn]

noun

1. a going out; egress.

Word History and Origins

Origin of egression¹

1500–10; < Latin ēgressiōn- (stem of ēgressiō ) a going out, equivalent to ēgress ( us ), past participle of ēgredī ( egress ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

But here, each form, after having been warned by the conductor that its time was up, sunk down right through the carpet as though it were the most ordinary mode of egression.

From Project Gutenberg

The archetypal world was made by the egression of one out of one, and by the regression of that one, so emitted into itself by emanation.

From Project Gutenberg

There was certainly some difficulty in our egression.

From Project Gutenberg

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