Noun

1. flight

2. running away, escapism

3. diversion, recreation, leak

4. leakage, outflow, discharge, outpouring, run, safety valve

5. relief valve, escape valve, escape cock, valve, regulator, evasion

6. dodging, negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance, avoidance

7. turning away, shunning, dodging, means

8. agency, way, plant

Verb

1. flora, plant life, get away

2. break loose, flee, fly, take flight, miss

3. avoid, get off

4. get away, get by, get out, avoid, elude

5. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, issue

6. emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress, get away

7. get away, break loose, run

8. scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, break away, leave, go forth, go away