Escape

What “Escape” means

Verb

1. To get free; to free oneself.
2. To break out of confinement.
3. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
4. To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
5. To avoid responsibilities and stresses for a time.

Noun

1. The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
2. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
3. Something that has escaped; an escapee.
4. A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
5. escape key

Where the word comes from

From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.

Business name ideas with “Escape”

Industries where “Escape” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Escape Room
• All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries