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noun, feminine

échappatoire

/e.ʃa.pa.twaʁ/

noun, feminine/e.ʃa.pa.twaʁ/plural: échappatoires

loophole, escape route (method of escape)

Near-synonyms: issue; subterfuge; dérobade

Synonyms: issue, subterfuge, dérobade

From échapper + -(at)oire. Compare Italian scappatoia.