01 n. The act of escaping; escape.
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1.
The act of escaping; escape.[R.]
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2.
Way of escape; vent.[R.]“An escapement for youthful high spirits.” — G. Eliot.
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3.
The contrivance in a timepiece 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; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.