Ex'ōde, n.

n. [Fr. exode, Lat. exodium, Gr. ἐξόδιον (sc. μέλος), from ἐξόδιος, belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, from ἔξοδος. See infra.]

1. The act or process of departure; exodus. [Obs.] Bolingbroke.
2. (Gr. Drama.) The concluding part of a play; the catastrophe.
3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description.