out

out

noun

Definition of OUT

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable <I really don't want to go to the party, and I've been searching for an out>

Synonyms avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Related Words bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention

Near Antonyms abidance, endurance, submission, toleration