the act of escaping physically | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated |
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | |
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | |
an avoidance of danger or difficulty | |
a means or way of escaping | |
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 | |
the discharge of a fluid from some container | |
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | |