1. the act of getting off or down from a vehicle, horse, or elevated position
Usage: formal

Examples

• The passengers prepared for alightment at the next station.
• Her graceful alightment from the carriage impressed the onlookers.
• The conductor announced the alightment point for tourists visiting the museum.
• Safety procedures require orderly alightment from the bus.
• The knight's alightment from his horse was swift and practiced.