• break free from confinement or control

Synonyms: get away, get out, run away, run off, break out, break free, get free, break loose, make a break for it, bolt, clear out, flee, fly, take flight, make off, take off, decamp, abscond, take to one's heels, make a/one's escape, make good one's escape, make a/one's getaway, beat a (hasty) retreat, show a clean pair of heels, run for it, make a run for it

• fail to be noticed or remembered by (someone)

• interrupt (an operation) by means of the escape key

• an act of breaking free from confinement or control

Synonyms: getaway, breakout, bolt for freedom, running away, flight, bolting, absconding, decamping, fleeing, flit

• a form of temporary distraction from reality or routine

Synonyms: distraction, diversion, interruption

• a leakage of gas, liquid, or heat from a container

Synonyms: leak, leakage, spill, seepage, drip, dribble, discharge, emanation, issue, flow, outflow, outpouring, gush

• a key on a computer keyboard which either interrupts the current operation or causes subsequent characters to be interpreted differently