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e·gress  (grs)

n.

1. The act of coming or going out; emergence.

2. The right to leave or go out: denied the refugees egress.

3. A path or opening for going out; an exit.

4. Astronomy The emergence of a celestial body from eclipse or occultation.

intr.v. e·gressed, e·gress·ing, e·gress·es

To go out; emerge.

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[Latin gressus, from past participle of gred, to go out : -, ex-, ex- + grad, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]

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egress [ee-gress]

Noun

Formal

1. the act of going out

2. a way out or exit [Latin egredi to come out]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	egress - (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse emersion astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole reappearance - the event of something appearing again; "the reappearance of Halley's comet" eclipse, occultation - one celestial body obscures another ingress, immersion - (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
	2.	egress - the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" emergence, issue beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" eruption - the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum dissilience - the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe
	3.	egress - the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent egression, emergence human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen surfacing - emerging to the surface and becoming apparent emission, emanation - the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
Verb	1.	egress - come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" come forth, emerge, go forth, come out, issue pop out - come out suddenly or forcefully; "you stick a bill in the vending machine and the change pops out" radiate - issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" leak - enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" escape - issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom" fall - come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" debouch - pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river" fall out, come out - come off; "His hair and teeth fell out"