*exit*

n. [ Gr. 'alexhth`rion a remedy, an amulet: cf. F. alexitère, LL. alexiterium. ] (Med.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Complexities [ Cf. F. complexité. ] 1. The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is complex; intricacy; complication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many-corridored complexities
Of Arthur's palace. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Convexities /plu>. [ L. convexitas: cf. F. convexité. ] The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. devexitas, fr. devexus. See Devex, a. ] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. [ R. ] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.) [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue. ] He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Exit. ] 1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have their exits and their entrances. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forcing the water forth through its ordinary exits. Woodward.

{ } a. [ L. exitialis, exitious, fr. exitium a going out, a going to naught, i. e., ruin, fr.exire to go out: cf. F. exitial. ] Destructive; fatal. [ Obs. ] “Exitial fevers.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a survey poll taken by interviewing voters as they leave (exit) the polling place, to determine how they voted and for what reasons; -- it is usually taken by news media to learn at an early time (often before the balloting has finished) who the winners are, and sometimes the reasons for the voters' choices. [ PJC ]

n. [ short for flexible time. ] A system of scheduling working hours in places of employment, which allows employees to arrive at and leave work at times of their own choice, providing that they work the required number of hours and usually requiring that they be present during certain hours, called core time. Certain workers prefer to arrive early and leave early, and others prefer to arrive late and leave late. Flex time is a way to accommodate such preferences, presumably improving employee morale, and also helps reduce traffic congestion during commmuting times. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Perplexities [ L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexité. ] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. [ 1913 Webster ]

By their own perplexities involved,
They ravel more. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pexitas, fr. pexus woolly, nappy, p. p. of pectere to comb. ] Nap of cloth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. provehere to advance. Cf. Provect. ] Great advance in age. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of being reflected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]