Antonyms for escape


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ih-skeyp
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈskeɪp


Definition of escape

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old North French escaper, Old French eschaper (12c., Modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappare, literally "get out of one's cape, leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + Late Latin cappa "mantle" (see cap (n.)). Related: Escaped; escaping.
  • noun breaking away; getaway
  • verb break away from
Example sentences :
  • She helped Geta to escape: they have both taken refuge in the Temple of Theseus.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He went back to the farmhouse to tell Paul of his nephew's escape.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He little knew how narrow an escape he had had of losing a third!
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The rashness of such a requirement and statement can escape no one.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • True, the plant has enemies, like everything else, enemies which it may not escape.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • But generally speaking, it does escape them, and lives to finish its task.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I had made several attempts in that time to escape, but did not succeed.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • This was the first time I ever attempted to escape and gain my freedom.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • How could I ever expect to escape to a country where I could be a free man?
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Motherr, this slife is intollerrabble; I will do any thing to escape frrrom it.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

Synonyms for escape

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