Synonyms of cop-out

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noun

as in escape

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

I think that saying you're sick is just a cop-out to get out of going to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escape
• evasion
• avoidance
• elusion
• eschewal
• shunning
• dodging
• out
• ducking
• eschewing
• runaround
• circumvention
• eluding
• shaking
• bypassing
• sidestepping
• deflection
• skirting
• prevention
• obviation
• averting
• precluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submission
• toleration
• endurance
• abidance

cop out

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verb

as in to back out

to break a promise or agreement

don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• back out
• back down
• back off
• recall
• go back on
• withdraw
• chicken (out)
• fink out
• renege
• take back
• retract
• wimp out
• beg off
• cry off
• foreswear
• recant
• backtrack
• backpedal
• disavow
• forswear
• abjure
• unsay
• repudiate
• abnegate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adhere (to)
• comply (with)
• follow through (with)
• keep
• satisfy
• honor
• fulfill
• fulfil