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To get free; to free oneself.

Example: The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.

To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

Example: He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.

To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

Example: Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.

To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

Example: The name of the hotel escapes me at present.

The act of one who escapes; an escape.

That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.