Definition of escape:
(v) :
to get free, to free oneself; to
avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to
elude, get away from
"the prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall."
(n) :
the act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation; a key on most modern computer keyboards, sometimes abbreviated
Esc, and typically programmed to cancel some current operation
"the prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel"