Escape

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.

a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild