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Exodus is defined as a departure of a lot of people or is the second book of the Bible telling about the law of Moses and the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

(noun)

An example of an exodus is a large group of people leaving a store in protest at the same time.
An example of an exodus is Moses leading the Jewish people out of Egypt.

See exodus in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the departure of the Israelites from Egypt: with the
the second book of the Pentateuch in the Bible, which describes this and gives the law of Moses: abbrev. Ex or Exod
a going out or forth, esp. in a large group

Origin: < LL Exodus (O.T. book) < Gr Exodus, lit., a going out < ex-, out + hodos, way: see -ode

See exodus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun