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Noun
▲
An instance of avoiding a commitment or responsibility
excuse
cover
escape
evasion
front
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
pretext
subterfuge
cover-up
fabrication
dodge
ostensible reason
way around
ploy
ruse
grounds
device
con
simulation
alleged reason
stratagem
routine
supposed grounds
cover story
feint
fig leaf
stall
alibi
red herring
false excuse
song and dance
“Isn't it all just a big cop-out - passivity as a life goal?”
Noun
▲
The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
evasion
avoidance
escape
elusion
dodging
eschewal
eluding
eschewing
ducking
shaking
shunning
out
circumvention
shirking
refraining
fudging
dodge
evading
run-around
bypassing
skirting
escapism
refrainment
abstention
holding off
absention
recoil
nonparticipation
prevention
preventing
hedging
quibbling
fencing
cavillingUK
stalling
pussyfooting
shilly-shallying
tergiversation
cavilingUS
stalling for time
humming and hawing
bypass
circumventing
indecision
uncertainty
doubt
qualification
ambivalence
vacillation
ambiguity
wavering
parrying
temporizingUS
hesitation
doubtfulness
shuffle
equivocality
temporisingUK
temporization
vagueness
dodging the issue
sidestepping the issue
beating about the bush
ducking the issue
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
reason
alibi
apology
defenceUK
defenseUS
excuse
justification
plea
cover
extenuation
cover story
song and dance
why and wherefore
explanation
vindication
pretext
story
line
mitigation
rationalizationUS
cause
palliation
argument
whitewash
rationalisationUK
fish story
grounds
pretenceUK
evasion
front
reasoning
contention
rationale
thesis
logic
apologetics
polemic
appeal
advocacy
support
exculpation
exoneration
approval
accounting
evidence
expostulation
reasons
pleading
line of reasoning
apologism
apologetic
maintenance
proclamation
petition
exposition
presentation
postulation
expounding
endorsement
explication
copout
argumentation
excusing
explaining
response
promotion
issue
questioning
jive
apologizingUS
return
cleanup
testimony
apologisingUK
warrant
absolution
demonstration
dialectic
premise
foundation
validation
whitewashing
wherefore
palliative
acquittal
just cause
whatfor
dossier
data
raison d'être
brief
whole idea
summary of the facts
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Noun
▲
An attempt to fudge an issue
fudge
compromise
cover-up
equivocation
spin
casuistry
sophistry
speciousness
halfway house
deception
deceit
misrepresentation
dissimulation
duplicity
spuriousness
fallacy
distortion
fibbing
amphibology
deceptiveness
amphiboly
lie
waffle
lying
stonewall
delusion
fib
con
cover
coloringUS
more ❯
Verb
▲
To renege on an agreement or promise
renege
fink out
back off
back out
back down
cop out
go back on
pull out
cancel
withdraw
beg off
abandon
surrender
recant
resign
backtrack
back pedal
get cold feet
give up
wimp out
default on
chicken out
fail to honour
change your mind
drop out
yield
repudiate
scratch
welsh
avoid
cave in
withdraw from agreement or statement
accept defeat
pull back
give ground
stop
discontinue
axeUK
axUS
halt
abolish
discard
nullify
ditch
end
dismiss
terminate
postpone
cease
nix
dispense with
abjure
forswear
break off
forget about
quit
pack in
jettison
abrogate
countermand
reverse
junk
annul
remove
suspend
throw out
dump
invalidate
void
desist
erase
cut
kill
disclaim
overrule
override
negate
renounce
set aside
do away with
obliterate
break up
disannul
dismantle
disown
lift
have done with
relinquish
declare null and void
forgo
wipe out
call back
cut off
forsake
quash
obviate
eliminate
chuck
lose
shelve
withcall
vacate
throw away
deny
make void
counterorder
render invalid
eighty-six
write off
reject
discharge
delete
expunge
root out
put off
mothball
desist from
knock off
turf
part with
leave off
resign from
lay off of
kick
throw up
retire from
cut short
finish with
put on ice
put an end to
take out
cut out
rub out
lay off
interrupt
pull the plug on
can
pack up
forfeit
call it quits
unsay
call in
disqualify
veto
forget
take away
close out
wash one's hands of
step down from
let go of
yield up
close down
ship out
bring to an end
give something the chop
knock something on the head
abstain from
shut down
put a stop to
leave behind
call a halt to
refrain from
bring to a halt
deliver up
step aside from
bring to a stop
waive
jack in
lay aside
disavow
give notice
leave
efface
null
check
arrest
turn your back on
divorce
shut off
ignore
dust off
part from
remit
jilt
break with
shake
shun
sacrifice
give over
purge
undo
omit
edit
black
exclude
censor
ink out
render null and void
strike down
cross out
declare invalid
blot out
blank out
cancel out
roll back
block out
blue pencil
black out
strike out
x out
blue-pencil
stroke out
sweep away
put a line through
stamp out
edit out
elide
X out
dele
snuff out
white out
cast aside
finish
bring
knock it off
call a halt
pull up
stop midstream
shed
demolish
bin
get rid of
recycle
expel
decommission
clear out
dispose of
eject
destroy
trash
toss out
annihilate
toss
unload
pitch
exorcizeUS
exorciseUK
cashier
deep-six
wreck
shuck off
weed out
chuck out
retire
fling off
get shot of
throw on the scrapheap
consign to scrap heap
cast off
cast
slough off
fling away
slough
get shut of
see the back of
chuck away
lay by
put out to pasture
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Verb
▲
Weasel out
weasel out
cop out
dig up
ferret out
sniff out
Verb
▲
To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt
welsh
bamboozle
bilk
cheat
con
deceive
defraud
dodge
duck
dupe
fleece
flimflam
fool
gull
hoodwink
sandbag
scam
shaft
stiff
sting
trick
weasel
beat around the bush
cop out
pull a fast one
rip off
slip out
take for a ride
take to the cleaners
worm one's way out of
Verb
▲
Pass responsibility on to another
pass the buck
cop out
dodge
duck
get out of
pass on
relay
slide out of
Verb
▲
To express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
equivocate
hedge
waffle
fence
tergiversate
fudge
prevaricate
quibble
be evasive
dodge
evade
flannel
parry
pussyfoot
shuffle
shilly-shally
sidestep
waver
be ambiguous
be non-committal
be vague
cavil
hesitate
palter
stall
temporiseUK
temporizeUS
vacillate
weasel
adumbrate
con
dodge the issue
double-talk
elude
escape
eschew
evade the issue
falsify
fib
flip-flop
jive
lie
parry questions
shuck
stonewall
tergiverse
fudge the issue
pussyfoot around
shuffle about
beat about the bush
cop out
cover up
hem and haw
hum and haw
mince words
run around
stall for time
straddle the fence
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
beg the question
cloud the issue
cop a plea
duck the issue
duck the question
give run around
pass the buck
sit on the fence
tell white lie
blow hot and cold
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
shift
deceive
body-swerve
fend off
get out of
shun
dither
bypass
gloss over
steer clear of
ramble
skirt the issue
beg
fabricate
baffle
maneuverUS
manoeuvreUK
feint
foil
contest
outwit
play it close to the vest
change
yo-yo
invent
distort
misstate
dissemble
garble
belie
exaggerate
misspeak
flatter
fight off
soft-soap
phony up
stretch the truth
put on
play one's cards close to one's chest
straddle an issue
dodge the question
give nothing away
blather
sweet-talk
use flattery
talk blarney
fast-talk
change one's mind
give a false colour to
blarney
blandish
beguile
not give a straight answer to
beat around bush
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
avoid answering
not pay
cop out of
skirt round
find a way round
beat about the bush about
dance around
euphemize
fudge and mudge
back and fill
tapdance
ignore
butter up
beat
shortcut
desert
defect
bargain
detour
pass over
overlook
duck-shove
haggle
apostatize
shake
fight shy of
skim over
go around
fail to mention
skip
edge past
skate over
burke
negotiate
renounce
deal
chaffer
ditch
lose
finesse
scape
trick
change sides
dicker
end-run
shake off
cheat
turn traitor
go over to the other side
abandon belief
lurch
slip through the net of
circumlocute
turn aside
stay away from
weasel out of
move to the side
get away from
short-circuit
give the slip
put the move on
leave behind
give someone a wide berth
run away from
shuffle out of
slide
dark
skip out on
slip
break away from
give someone the slip
juke
malinger
move
move away
babble
wheel and deal
horse-trade
cut a deal
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Verb
▲
Express remorse, regret
apologizeUS
ask forgiveness
beg pardon
express regret
say sorry
atone
confess
crawl
make an apology
purge
regret
retract
square
withdraw
be apologetic
beg forgiveness
act contrite
admit guilt
ask pardon
bow to
clear oneself
cop out
excuse oneself
express remorse
give satisfaction
make amends
make reparations
offer compensation
offer excuse
ask for forgiveness
ask for pardon
cop a plea
eat humble pie
make up for
make up with
get down on knees
say one is sorry
say you are sorry
humiliate yourself
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Verb
▲
Depart to another place in search of quiet or privacy
withdraw
leave
retire
retreat
go
depart
remove
adjourn
clear
decamp
draw
recede
absent oneself
disengage
repair
secede
back away
blow
book
detach
drop back
eliminate
exfiltrate
exit
fall back
pull back
pull out
quail
recoil
shrink
switch
take oneself
take out
vacate
abstract oneself
back off
beat a retreat
betake oneself
cop out
detach yourself
disengage from
absent yourself
bail out
bow out
check out
draw away
drop out
ease out
get away
get lost
get off
give ground
give way
go away
keep aloof
keep apart
make yourself scarce
phase out
run along
seclude oneself
shut oneself away
take leave
take off
back out
make oneself scarce
take a hike
go AWOL
change loyalties
spurn
break faith
rat on
be apostate
break with
break from
disaffiliate from
become independent
separate oneself from
split from
drop out of
break away from
form a splinter group
separate from
turn one's back on
split with
defect from
split off from
sever relations with
break away
have nothing more to do with
range
cruise
wend
mosey
make one's way
make for
bite the dust
kick the bucket
give up the ghost
buy it
snuff it
depart this life
abscond from
pull stakes
go the way of all flesh
shuffle off this mortal coil
cross the great divide
escape from
buy the farm
go belly up
cease
be no more
go bung
be gone from
cark it
bite the big one
go the way of the flesh
absent oneself from
pop your clogs
discontinue
log off
close
go to glory
cross the Styx
clear out from
move from
take off from
kick it
go from
disappear from
peg it
fly from
deplane
set out from
breathe your last
go to one's last resting place
turn up one's toes
go the way of the dinosaurs
meet one's death
meet one's end
cash in one's chips
pop one's clogs
step off
detrain
ditch
finish
be killed
collapse
stir
slip out
head out from
run off from
move out from
step aside from
push up the daisies
head out
go belly-up
flee from
bolt from
decamp from
run along from
be six feet under
call it quits
take your leave of
go to meet one's maker
pass over
say goodbye to
walk out of
go under
breathe one's last
hand in one's dinner pail
draw one's last breath
lose one's life
cease to exist
drop dead
go to the great beyond
take oneself off from
meet one's maker
cease living
check out from
exterminate
wane
ruin
abolish
desist
on your way
skiddoo
alight from
skidoo
go to hell
stand surety
post security
levant
leg it
bail out from
pull out from
budge from
go out of
shift from
cave
go west
go to the wall
dump
discard
fold up
meet one's Maker
run through
lapse
invalidate
fly the coop
peel out
dismount from
disembark from
descend from
debus
close down
shut down
put up bail
obtain somebody's release
get on your bike
wilt
waste
be destroyed
OD
be a fatality
meet your end
be slain
be a casualty
halt
sign out
meet waterloo
pack it in
go down
make empty
eject from
call off all bets
buy a one-way ticket
deep six
cool off
make a move from
meet your maker
up and die
cash in chips
conclude
go through
shoot through
run for it
do a fade
pay one's bill
go on strike
lose life
lose your life
be done with
determine
faint
pay up
settle up
pay the bill
elapse
take your last breath
show a clean pair of heels
flit from
leave hastily
leave abruptly
brush off
bail from
break off with
blow off
cast aside
cast off
deplane from
detrain from
get down from
storm off
leave suddenly
go off in a huff
make a sudden departure
get up and go
storm out
flounce out
swoon
fall down
black out
fall unconscious
flake out
pass out
lose consciousness
sink down
keel over
let up
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
elope
pile out
ride off
log out
do a bunk from
slope off from
take yourself off from
take French leave
take one's leave of
come away
scram from
vamoose from
make oneself scarce from
take a hike from
give the slip to
take leave from
head off from
remove oneself from
cut and run from
slip out from
set off from
clear off from
take leave of
bag
conk
drown
suffocate
rest in peace
relinquish life
suck the kumara
be taken
drop off
lay down one's life
go way of all flesh
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
rationalizeUS
excuse
explain
justify
vindicate
account for
extenuate
attribute
defend
explain away
elucidate
resolve
deliberate
excise
intellectualiseUK
intellectualizeUS
reason
reconcile
think
make acceptable
apply logic
apply logic to
cop out
give alibi
make allowance
reason out
cop a plea
give an explanation for
make excuses for
provide a rationale for
think through
give good reason for
make allowances for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To leave behind
desert
abandon
leave
strand
maroon
betray
forsake
jilt
ditch
dump
give up
neglect
relinquish
renounce
shun
throw over
cast off
drop
quit
break with
leave behind
leave stranded
beach
break up with
chuck
discard
duck
go
leave high and dry
leave in the lurch
light
rat on
resign
run out on
scarper
split
tergiversate
vacate
walk
walk out on
bin off
bail out
check out
cop out
crawl out
go missing
go west
jump ship
opt out
play truant
pull out
sneak off
take off
violate oath
do a bunk
give someone the push
go back on
take a hike
give someone the big E
go over the hill
chicken out
give the elbow
reject
leave flat
repudiate
finish with
surrender
blow off
kiss off
break off with
walk away
abandon ship
disown
leave someone holding the baby
leave someone in the lurch
yield
leave in trouble
let down
leave helpless
turn your back
walk off
cede
disappoint
bail on
split with
get rid of
shed
turn down
have nothing more to do with
spurn
secede from
depart from
abjure
waive
sacrifice
forbear
disclaim
go away from
separate
separate from
give someone the air
take the oath
kiss good-bye
hand over
disaffiliate from
resign from
defect from
separate oneself from
split off from
sever relations with
break away
break away from
withdraw
cut off
give the old heave-ho
drop out of
form a splinter group
forget
eighty-six
leave holding the bag
play one false
trap
cast away
cast ashore
split up with
disillusion
fail
isolate
give the heave-ho
detach oneself from
stop going out with
leave isolated
walk away from
disenchant
fail to support
bereave
brush off
disavow
deceive
break off one's relationship with
coquette
give notice to
run away from
leave in a lurch
part company with
fall short of expectation
jettison
leave all alone
break off
split up
walk out
break up
abnegate
wash your hands of
divorce oneself from
end relations with
do the dirty on
make an orphan
leave alone
leave parentless
forgo
let someone down
stab in the back
forego
leave at the altar
abstain from
drift away
refuse
disinherit
avoid
shirk
disgorge
take your leave of
change one's tune
show the door
lay down
deliver
turn over
render
wash one's hands of
quitclaim
forswear
disaffiliate
step down from
bag it
deliver up
step aside from
retire
apostatize
discontinue
retract
retreat
back down
take the pledge
part with
sign away
cast
cough up
let pass
stand down
lay aside
quit cold turkey
let go by
give away
turn in
swear off
drop like hot potato
secede
break from
become independent
split from
delink from
dissociate oneself from
disaffiliate oneself from
break free from
take leave from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To leave, flee or escape from a place
bolt
leave
flee
escape
abscond
retreat
fly
run
split
break
decamp
scarper
scram
skip
disappear
hightail
skedaddle
spring
ditch
dump
bail out
run away
run off
take off
beat a retreat
beat it
clear out
cut and run
fly the coop
hightail it
make off
make tracks
run for it
run out on
bug out
cop out
cut loose
cut out
drop out
kiss goodbye
leave high and dry
opt out
take flight
walk out on
do a bunk
leave flat
leave in the lurch
make a dash for it
step on it
beat a hasty retreat
do a runner
leave holding the bag
make a break for it
make a run for it
make oneself scarce
run like scared rabbit
take a powder
take it on the lam
take to one's heels
proceed
troop
go forth
pack your bags
blast off
move on
say goodbye
march out
move out
hit the bricks
make a move
relinquish
take one's leave
separate
secede
resign
seclude oneself
forsake
go out
rescind
surrender
yield
repeal
rusticate
revoke
ebb
kite
leave service
go to one's room
deny oneself
sever connections
hand over
make vacant
alight
embark
walk
light
strand
remove oneself
maroon
drop
disengage from
go from
adjourn
conk out
head out
go away from
pull out of
say one's farewells
ease out
issue
take out
step down
be gone from
eliminate
withdraw from
depart from
ride off
step out
stir
exit from
commence
egress
shirk
make like a tree and get out of here
make like a tree and leave
descend
dismount
disembark
on your way
pull up stakes
take one's farewells
march
put up bail
stand surety
obtain somebody's release
post security
range
cruise
begin
initiate
slink off
slink
creep
sneak
skulk
be put out to pasture
be pensioned off
shut oneself away in
leave for
betake yourself
be superannuated
run out
take a walk
wend
mosey
make for
make one's way
extricate oneself
budge from
make a move from
go out of
move from
shift from
storm off
leave suddenly
go off in a huff
make a sudden departure
get up and go
storm out
flounce out
say adieu
flow
off-load
ship
shove
leap
move about
come down
get down
climb off
sign out
pay one's bill
pay up
settle up
pay the bill
break up
say farewell
break off
split up
quit the scene
dedomicile
go one's ways
part company
ship out
make one's farewells
go their separate ways
go separate ways
keep aloof
exfiltrate
keep apart
draw
phase out
switch
detach yourself
shut oneself away
take oneself
quail
bow out
detach
go forward
creep off
pension
die
demise
end
decease
flatline
expire
perish
fall
croak
succumb
do a bunk from
give the slip
disappear from
slope off from
take yourself off from
take your leave of
move out of
fly from
take one's leave of
retire from
decamp from
run away from
break away
bolt from
take oneself off from
set out from
absent oneself from
come away
kick in
go offstage
flake off
pass on
kick off
peg out
do vanishing act
bid farewell
make one's departure
pass away
exeunt
stop working
go to bed
put out to pasture
turn in
go to sleep
hit the sack
give up work
betray
jilt
neglect
give up
throw over
renounce
play truant
chuck
leave behind
beach
go missing
violate oath
break up with
break with
go west
go back on
tergiversate
give someone the big E
go over the hill
crawl out
discard
cast off
leave stranded
bin off
give someone the push
superannuate
pull
scratch
back out of
draw out
scrap
strike
stand down
retract
extract
bow out of
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