Definition of escape

• v. - To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
• v. - To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
• v. i. - To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
• v. i. - To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
• v. i. - 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.
• n. - 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.
• n. - That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
• n. - A sally.
• n. - The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
• n. - An apophyge.
• n. - Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
• n. - Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.