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ex⋅e⋅unt

  [ek-see-uhnt, -oont]
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–verb (used without object)
(they) go offstage (used formerly as a stage direction, usually preceding the names of the characters): Exeunt soldiers and townspeople.
Origin:
1475–85; < L, 3rd pers. pl. pres. indic. of exīre to exit 1
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ex·e·unt   (ěk'sē-ənt, -ŏŏnt')   
Used as a stage direction to indicate that two or more performers leave the stage.

[Latin, third person pl. of exīre, to go out; see exit.]
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exeunt [(ek-see-uhnt, ek-see-oont)]

A stage direction indicating that two or more actors leave the stage. Exeunt is Latin for “They go out.”

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Word Origin & History

exeunt 
stage direction, 1485, from L., lit. "they go out" (see exit).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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