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.