exeunt

[ ek-see-uhnt, -oont ]

verb (used without object)

1. (they) go offstage (used formerly as a stage direction, usually preceding the names of the characters):

   Exeunt soldiers and townspeople.

exeunt

/ ˈɛksɪˌʌnt /

(no translation)

1. they go out: used as a stage direction

exeunt

1. A stage direction indicating that two or more actors leave the stage. Exeunt is Latin for “They go out.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of exeunt¹

1475–85; < Latin, 3rd person plural present indicative of exīre to exit ¹

Example Sentences

But his hopes were dashed when Alan replied that he was referring to the final stage direction (Exeunt, bearing off the bodies).

From The Daily Beast

Omnia exeunt in mysterium, says a schoolman; that is, There is nothing, the absolute ground of which is not a Mystery.

From Project Gutenberg

Roebuck looks sternly at the butler, and they exeunt followed by Butler, bowing.

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As they are about to exeunt, Bob approaches them—Scrooge retires up.

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Then the bugle-band heads the procession of French and Arabs, and, after marching past Boulanger, exeunt.

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Exeunt into the chateau; the baron and Oliver remaining to usher the party in.

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