| n. | 1. | The act of escaping; escape. |
| 2. | Way of escape; vent. | |
| 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. |
| Noun | 1. | escapement - mechanical device that regulates movement |