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escape
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ESCAPE
1
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement <a daring prison escape>
Related Words jailbreak; deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation; close call, close shave, near miss
Near Antonyms captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble
2
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable <the reading of science fiction novels as an escape from boring reality>
Synonyms avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning
Related Words bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention
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