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  • The act of escaping physically

  • Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

  • An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

  • An avoidance of danger or difficulty

  • A means or way of escaping

  • 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

  • The discharge of a fluid from some container

  • A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

  • Issue or leak, as from a small opening

  • Fail to experience

  • Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

  • Run away from confinement

  • Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

  • Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

  • Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

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