Synonyms:
exodus, hegira, hejira
Meaning: a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
Usage examples
From The Exodus Out Of Egypt, To The Rejection Of That Generation.
It is mentioned in Exodus; so it must have been created soon after the foundations of the world; and despite the thunder of ecclesiastics and the mailed hand of kings and conquerors, it has endured even to this day.
What the purpose or nature of the general exodus we did not know, but presently through the line of captives ran the rumor that two escaped slaves had been recaptured--a man and a woman--and that we were marching to witness their punishment, for the man had killed a Sagoth of the detachment that had pursued and overtaken them.