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Egress

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Broader term 5

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Reappearance 76% connected

A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.

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Manner of action 5

Debouch 76% connected

To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Leak 76% connected

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

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Radiate 76% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Narrower term 5

Dissilience 76% connected

Alt. of Dissiliency

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Emanation 76% connected

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

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Emission 76% connected

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission…

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Eruption 76% connected

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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Surfacing 76% connected

of Surface

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Derivationally related 4

Emerge 74% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

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Emerge 74% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

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Issue 74% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Issue 74% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Containing whole 2

Eclipse 70% connected

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and t…

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Occultation 70% connected

The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and pla…

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Synonym 5

Egression 92% connected

The act of going; egress.

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Emerge 92% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Emergence 92% connected

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

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Emersion 92% connected

The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

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Issue 92% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Immersion 94% connected

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

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Immersion 94% connected

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

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