The act of escaping physically:
— He made his escape from the mental hospital.
— The canary escaped from its cage.

synonym: flight.

Roget 750: liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment^†, disenthralment^†; affranchisement^†, enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal.    deliverance etc. 672; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution; acquittal etc. 970; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

Roget 671: escape, scape; avolation^†, elopement, flight; evasion etc. (avoidance) 623; retreat; narrow escape, hairbreadth escape; close call; come off, impunity.    [Means of escape] loophole etc. (opening) 260; path etc. 627; refuse etc. 666; vent, vent peg; safety valve; drawbridge, fire escape.    reprieve etc. (deliverance) 672; liberation etc. 750.    refugee etc. (fugitive) 623.    ... show more

Roget 623: abstention, abstinence; for bearance^†; refraining etc. v.; inaction etc. 681; neutrality.    avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion etc. 893.    avolation^†, flight; escape etc. 671; retreat etc. 287; recoil etc. 277; departure etc. 293; rejection etc. 610.    shirker etc. v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate; maroon.    ... show more

Dutch: ontsnapping, vlucht

An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy:
— Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life.

synonym: escapism.

Polish: eskapizm

Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do:
— That escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive.

synonyms: dodging, evasion.

Dutch: ontduiking

An avoidance of danger or difficulty.

A means or way of escaping.

A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild.

The discharge of a fluid from some container:
— They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe.

synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow.

Dutch: lek, lekkage, wan
Polish: ulotnienie się

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.

synonyms: escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve.

Roget 664: safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness etc. adj.; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape etc. 671; means of escape; blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve; safeguard, palladium.    guardianship, wardship, wardenship; tutelage, custody, safekeeping; preservation etc. 670; protection, auspices.    safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield etc. (defense) 717; guardian angel; tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint; genius loci.    protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna [Sp.], chaperon, third person.    watchdog, bandog^†; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop [Slang], dick [Slang], fuzz [Slang], smokey [Slang], peeler [Slang], zarp [Slang]; sentinel, sentry, scout etc. (warning) 668; garrison; guardship^†.    [Means of safety] refuge &c., anchor etc. 666; precaution etc. (preparation) 673; quarantine, cordon sanitaire [Fr.].    [Sense of security]. confidence etc. 858 ... show more

Polish: klapa bezpieczeństwa, klapa, zawór bezpieczeństwa

Run away from confinement:
— The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison.

synonyms: break loose, get away.

Roget 664: be safe etc. adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape etc. 671.    make safe, render safe etc. Adj.; protect; take care of etc. (care) 459; preserve etc. 670; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard etc. (defend) 717; secure etc. (restrain) 751; entrench, intrench^†, fence round etc. (circumscribe) 229; house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of.    escort, convoy; garrison; watch, mount guard, patrol.    make assurance doubly sure etc. (caution) 864; take up a loose thread; take precautions etc. (prepare for) 673; double reef topsails.    seek safety; take shelter, find shelter etc. 666.    ... show more

Roget 671: escape, scape; make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape; break jail; get off, get clear off, get well out of; echapper belle [Fr.], save one's bacon, save one's skin; weather the storm etc. (safe) 664; escape scot-free.    elude &c., make off etc. (avoid) 623; march off etc. (go away) 293; give one the slip; slip through the hands, slip through the fingers; slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison; break away, slip away, get away; find vent, find a hole to creep out of.    disappear, vanish.    ... show more

Roget 927: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.    call to account etc. (disapprobation) 932.    ... show more

Roget 750: liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise^†; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver etc. 672; absolve etc. (acquit) 970.    unfetter etc. 751, untie etc. 43; loose etc. (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose.    gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty etc. 748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

Roget 295: emerge, emanate, issue; egress; go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of; pass out of, evacuate.    exude, transude; leak, run through, out through; percolate, transcolate^†; egurgitate^†; strain, distill; perspire, sweat, drain, ooze; filter, filtrate; dribble, gush, spout, flow out; well, well out; pour, trickle, etc. (water in motion) 348; effuse, extravasate [Med.], disembogue^†, discharge itself, debouch; come forth, break forth; burst out, burst through; find vent; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

Dutch: ontvlieden, ontvluchten, vlieden

Fail to experience.

synonym: miss.

Dutch: ontkomen, ontlopen, ontsnappen

Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action.

synonyms: get away, get by, get off, get out.

Dutch: ontsnappen aan, onderbreken, ontsnappen, ontgaan

Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.

synonym: elude.

Dutch: ontgaan

Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion:
— We escaped to our summer house for a few days.

synonym: get away.

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run:
— The burglars escaped before the police showed up.

synonyms: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail ... show more.

Roget 623: abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do etc. 681; maintain the even tenor of one's way.    eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in.    avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against etc. (oppose) 708; deny oneself.    shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil etc. 277; retire etc. (recede) 287; flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to.    beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulat [U.S.], cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape etc. 671; go away etc. (depart) 293; abandon etc. 624; reject etc. 610.    lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, play at hide and seek.    ... show more

Dutch: weglopen, vluchten

Issue or leak, as from a small opening.