Synonyms for Escape (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container):
leak, leakage, outflow
WordNet sense 2 (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):
safety valve, escape cock, escape valve, relief valve
WordNet sense 3 (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by):
elude
WordNet sense 4 (remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion):
get away
WordNet sense 5 (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run):
bunk, lam, run, scarper, run away, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, take to the woods, turn tail
WordNet sense 6 (run away from confinement):
break loose
WordNet sense 7 (escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action):
get off, get by, get out
WordNet sense 8 (fail to experience):
miss
WordNet sense 9 (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do):
evasion, dodging
WordNet sense 10 (an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy):
escapism
WordNet sense 11 (the act of escaping physically):
flight
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