Apopheugo describes getting free from the world's corruption or defilements, including an escape still scarcely underway.

The attested use describes persons getting free from corruption or defilements associated with the world; one occurrence portrays people as only scarcely escaping those who live in error.

1. Getting free from worldly corruption or defilements · dominant

   In 2 Peter 1:4, the nominative plural masculine aorist active participle occurs in the clause that the APB renders “having escaped the corruption that is in the world by desire.” In 2 Peter 2:20, the same morphology occurs after escape from “the defilements of the world,” before renewed entanglement and defeat.

   2 Peter 1:42 Peter 2:20
2. Escape portrayed as scarcely underway · occasional

   In 2 Peter 2:18, the accusative plural masculine present active participle identifies those targeted by enticement; the APB renders them as “those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error.”

   2 Peter 2:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “having escaped” in 2 Peter 1:4, “scarcely escaping” in 2 Peter 2:18, and “they have escaped” in 2 Peter 2:20. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.