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An escapement is a mechanism for imparting power to a clock or watch mechanism, with timing controlled by a pendulum or other resonant device.

Escapement may also refer to:

• Escapement (radio control), an obsolete precursor to the servo, used for the control of a radio-controlled model
• Escapement (film), a 1958 British film
• Escapement (fishing), the portion of the spawning stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle in fisheries science