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✅ To give permission 📄 A leave permit
to exeat

to exeat

9.9
To give formal permission for someone to leave a country or school for a time
  • verb
  • /ˈɛksɪˌæt/
  • Archaic
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  • The principal agreed to exeat the student so she could attend her sister's wedding.

Examples

  • Parents must request in writing if they wish the school to exeat their child for a family emergency.

  • The college rarely exeats students during exam periods except for serious reasons.

  • The principal will exeat students for the weekend.

  • I need to exeat from school next week.

  • The principal agreed to exeat the student so she could attend her sister's wedding.

  • Parents must request in writing if they wish the school to exeat their child for a family emergency.

  • The college rarely exeats students during exam periods except for serious reasons.

Synonyms

to excuse
vsto exeat
∞ 1.5

Allow someone to leave a place or activity

is formal permission used mainly in schools and institutions

Surface Forms

exeat infinitive
exeated past
exeated past participle
exeating present participle
exeats third person singular

Etymology

Exeat comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and ire ('to go'), similar to the word exit. So to exeat someone is to officially give them permission to go out or be absent.