An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy. / A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency. / The performance of an escape artist.

plural of escapism

(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself. / (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. / Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation. / Something that has escaped; an escapee.

simple past tense and past participle of escape

Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.

(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.

present participle and gerund of escape

The act of one who escapes; an escape. / That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escape