• | To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. |
• | To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention. |
• | To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of. |
• | To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. |
• | To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors. |
• | The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape. |
• | That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. |
• | A sally. |
• | The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. |
• | An apophyge. |
• | Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. |
• | Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. |
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