Exit \Ex"it\, n. [See 1st Exit.]

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 he water forth thought its ordinary exists. --Woodward.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Exit \Ex"it\ [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.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)