Synonyms for egress

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun ee-gres; verb ih-gres

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈi grɛs; verb ɪˈgrɛs

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Définition of egress

Origin : 1530s, from Latin egressus "a going out," noun use of past participle of egredi "go out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -gredi, comb. form of gradi "step, go" (see grade). Perhaps a back-formation from egression (early 15c.).

noun passage out

Example sentences :

It had been broken off, and this means of egress was unavailable.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

The waters of the great deep have ingress and egress to the soul.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

There were for a few days much hurry and bustle, both of egress and of ingress.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

The serpent, not finding an egress in the cavern, might return the same way it had gone.
Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue

But it soon became certain that there was no egress from this gullet.
Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne

Egress from the city was possible only through the valley of Gihon and the valley of Jehoshaphat.
Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell

Neither are there any not equally subject to the ingress and egress of mortality.
Extract from : « The Civilization Of China » by Herbert A. Giles

And lastly, his egress out of the world, is nobody knows where.
Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett

He looks about him, and discovers that is the door of egress, not of ingress.
Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

My hand, bully; thou shalt have egress and regress;—said I well?
Extract from : « The Merry Wives of Windsor » by William Shakespeare

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