COPOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copout mean? 

• COPOUT (noun)
  The noun COPOUT has 1 sense:

1. a failure to face some difficulty squarely

  Familiarity information: COPOUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A failure to face some difficulty squarely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("copout" is a kind of...):

failure (an unexpected omission)

Derivation:

cop out (choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing)