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