What does ESCAPE mean?

noun

1. the act of escaping physically“he made his escape from the mental hospital”
2. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy“romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life”
3. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do“his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible”
4. an avoidance of danger or difficulty“that was a narrow escape”
5. a means or way of escaping“hard work was his escape from worry”
6. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
7. the discharge of a fluid from some container“they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe”
8. 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