1. escape - Noun
2. escape - Verb
An apophyge.
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.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIs it not want of reason in any one to suppose that when he has striven successfully to escape the dominion of one particular passion, he will find virtue in its opposite? Gregory of Nyssa
War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. Thomas Mann
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape. Erich Fromm
You can't escape death and guests. Persian Proverb
Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape. Armenian Proverb
A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass. Malawi Proverb