Embrace and Scape

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Embrace verb - To put one's arms around and press tightly.

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Scape is an antonym for embrace.

Nearby Words: embraced, embracing

Scape verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

Usage example: the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high

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Embrace is an antonym for scape.

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