CHARYBDIS Antonyms

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• 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

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

• recovery or preservation from loss or danger

• free from harm or evil

• take forcibly from legal custody

• the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

• a safe place

• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

• (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

• contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

• a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line