Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Exit /ĕg'-zĭt/ · Ex·it · IPA /ˈeɪɡzɪt/ n. 01 He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. 1. He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. 02 n. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. 1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. “They have their exits and their entrances.” — Shak. 2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. “Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death.” — Cowper. 3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. “Forcing the water forth through its ordinary exits.” — Woodward.