exeat noun4 •A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery). •A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. •(UK, Australia) Leave of absence from a public school or college.[I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school. — 1984 •(no longer used) A stage direction to leave the stage. formsexeats