drawing room – A shortening of withdrawing room, the room to which the ladies withdrew, leaving the men to smoking and drinking. More…
egression – The action of going out or leaving a place. More…
bequeath – Etymologically, what you bequeath is what you “say” you will leave someone in your will—but the original sense “say, utter” died out, leaving the legal sense. More…
exclaustration – Being expelled from or leaving a religious retreat; it is also the return to secular life by someone who has been released from their religious vows. More…