exeat
noun/ˈeksɪæt/
/ˈeksɪæt/
(British English)- permission from an institution such as a boarding school to be away from it for a period of timeTopics Educationc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin, ‘let him or her go out’, third person singular present subjunctive of exire, from ex- ‘out’ + ire ‘go’.
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