escape
Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion.
“We escaped to our summer house for a few days”
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action.
Issue or leak, as from a small opening.
“Gas escaped into the bedroom”
Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.
Fail to experience.
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
“The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
Run away from confinement.
“The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison”
The act of escaping physically.
“he made his escape from the mental hospital”
“the canary escaped from its cage”
A means or way of escaping.
“hard work was his escape from worry”
“they installed a second hatch as an escape”
An avoidance of danger or difficulty.
“that was a narrow escape”
A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild.
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.
Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do.
“that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive”
The discharge of a fluid from some container.
“they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe”
An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy.
“romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life”