escape in WordNet English dictionary

1. run away from confinement
   "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
   escape  get away  break loose 
   
2. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
   scat  run  scarper  turn tail  lam  run away  hightail it  bunk  head for the hills  take to the woods  escape  fly the coop  break away 
   
3. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
   "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
   elude  escape 
   
4. issue or leak, as from a small opening
   "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
   escape 
   
5. fail to experience
   "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
   miss  escape 
   
6. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
   "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
   get off  get away  get by  get out  escape 
   
7. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
   "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
   escape  get away 
   

1. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
   "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
   evasion  escape  dodging 
   
2. the act of escaping physically
   "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
   escape  flight 
   
3. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
   "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
   escape  escapism 
   
4. an avoidance of danger or difficulty
   "that was a narrow escape"
   escape 
   
5. a means or way of escaping
   "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
   escape 
   
6. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
   safety valve  relief valve  escape valve  escape cock  escape 
   
7. the discharge of a fluid from some container
   "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
   escape  leak  leakage  outflow 
   
8. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
   escape