egress
Door for leaving
Egress is the act of going out or the means by which one exits.
It pairs with ingress (entry) in formal or technical contexts: The building code requires two points of egress.
Fire safety regulations speak of egress routes and egress windows.
The verb means to exit: Passengers egress through the rear door.
Passage into a room
- gatewayPoint of access
- outletPoint of release
- openingGap or start
- passagewayEnclosed route between spaces
portal · hatch · vent · corridor · stairwell · threshold · passage · way-out
Depart swiftly from threat
- evadeEscape by cunning
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
getaway · breakout · flight · liberation · extrication · refuge · sanctuary · asylum
Sanctioned time away
- departLeave a place
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- vacateLeave a place empty
evacuate · emigration · migration · disembarkation · leavetaking · farewell · exit · checkout
doorway
Passage into a room
passageway · portal · hatch · vent · corridor · stairwell · threshold · passage · way-out · discharge
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
bolt · getaway · breakout · flight · liberation · extrication · refuge · sanctuary · asylum · shelter
leave
Sanctioned time away
vacate · evacuate · emigration · migration · disembarkation · leavetaking · farewell · exit · checkout · outbound
unlock
Open a secured closure
disengage · detach · unleash · unblock · clear · permit · discharge · expulsion · emission · outpouring
- Building Safetyfire alarm, smoke detector, fire extinguisher, emergency exit, fire escape
- disembarkingdeplaning, get off, deboarding, step off, detraining
- fire safetyfire alarms, fire drill, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, fire drills
- arrival termsdisembark, landing, deplaning, docking, arrival
- exitsexit, door, escape, way out, emergency exit
- ways outescape, exit, leaving, departure, evacuation
egressingress
Access or entry right
entrance · entryway · entranceway · entry point · access
- emergency egressUrgent escape pathway
- egress windowsRequired emergency exit openings
regress, regression, regressive, regressed, regressing, regresses, egresses