outflight

English

Etymology

From Middle English outflight, out fliȝt, equivalent to out- +‎ flight. Cognate with Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), German Ausflucht (“escape”), Swedish utflykt (“excursion”).

Noun

outflight (countable and uncountable, plural outflights)

1. The act or process of flying out.

   Antonym: inflight

   • 1979, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker, Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas:

     He did not report whether any bats remained in the roost after the outflight.

2. The act or process of fleeing.
3. Outward movement or exiting.
   • 1990, André Fargeix, Elisabeth Sadoulet, A Financial Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Analysis of Ecuador's Stabilization Programs:

     Inflation increases capital outflight which diminishes the availability of funds for domestic investment.