egression
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of egression
1500–10; < Latin ēgressiōn- (stem of ēgressiō ) a going out, equivalent to ēgress ( us ), past participle of ēgredī ( egress ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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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.
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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.
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There was certainly some difficulty in our egression.
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