The

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word ''exeat'' ("he/she may leave") is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning.''Exeat'' — definition
from the Free Online Dictionary.

In Britain

''Exeat'' is used in

Britain Britain most often refers to: * Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a sovereign state in Europe comprising Great Britain and the north-eas ...

to describe leave of absence from a

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend acr ...

. It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence -- such as for entire days, parts of a day, for appointments, interviews,

open days Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969 * ''Open'' (Gerd Dudek, Buschi Niebergall, and Edward Vesala album), 1979 * ''Open'' (Got ...

and other Students at

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, and other British universities have in the past also been required to obtain such permission to leave college overnight, though such regulations are now less stringent.

In the Commonwealth

A similar method of ''exeat'' notifications is used in many

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth ...

schools. It is common for

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n schools to call the

long weekend A long weekend is a weekend that is at least three days long (i.e. a three-day weekend), due to a public or unofficial holiday occurring on either the following Monday or the preceding Friday. Many countries also have four-day weekends, in w ...

s of leave enjoyed by boarders an ''exeat'' weekend. This results in the

boarding house A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodging, lodgers renting, rent one or more rooms on a nightly basis and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, or years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and ...

closing for the weekend. This typically involves an extra day of leave associated with a

public holiday A public holiday, national holiday, federal holiday, statutory holiday, bank holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Types Civic holiday A ''civic holiday'', also k ...

to create a long weekend. In

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

, an ''exeat'' may refer to a period of day leave from a school. This is used as a way to record the coming and going of students from the campus.Wentworth College – Prospectus – Contact Procedures

References

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In Britain

In the Commonwealth

See also

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