exeat

Definition

A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

Example Sentences

• "[I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school."