(chiefly science fiction) Any small, secondary, emergency-use vehicle used to evacuate from the main vehicle during times of danger.

(figuratively) Any clause, term or condition in a contract or statute that avoids the application of a provision

Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out. / The entire escape route viewed as a whole.

Any genre of literature used as escapism

plural of fire escape

(computing, telecommunications) A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified.

(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation.

(horology) The wheel of an escapement.

A fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire. / (idiomatic) An unconventional or counterintuitive solution to a difficult problem.

plural of escape key