noun
( informal , disapproving ) a way of avoiding doing sth that you should do, or an excuse for not doing it :
Not turning up was just a cop-out.
noun
( informal , disapproving ) a way of avoiding doing sth that you should do, or an excuse for not doing it :
Not turning up was just a cop-out.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005