ESCAPE


Meaning of ESCAPE in English

n.

Function: noun

1 the act or fact of escaping or having escaped physically FF1C; succeeded in making his escape from the prison FF1E;

Synonyms: breakout, escapement, escaping, flight, getaway, lam, ||scape, slip

Related Words: departure; deliverance, liberation, release

Contrasted Words: return; grasp, grip, hold, retention; imprisonment, incarceration

2 the act or fact of escaping or having escaped what one does not wish to incur, encounter, or endure FF1C; sought escape from responsibility FF1E;

Synonyms: avoidance, come-off, elusion, escaping, eschewal, evasion, runaround, shunning

Related Words: bypassing, circumvention, dodging, ducking, sidestepping; elusiveness, evasiveness

Contrasted Words: abidance, abiding, bearing, endurance, enduring, submission, submitting, toleration; facing

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