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renege

[ ri-nig, -neg, -neeg ]

verb (used without object)

, re·neged, re·neg·ing.
  1. Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
  2. to go back on one's word:

    He has reneged on his promise.



verb (used with object)

, re·neged, re·neg·ing.
  1. Archaic. to deny; disown; renounce.

noun

  1. Cards. an act or instance of reneging.

renege

/ -ˈneɪɡ; rɪˈniːɡ /

verb

  1. introften foll byon to go back (on one's promise, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. cards other words for revoke
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • reˈneger, noun
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Other Words From

  • re·neger noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of renege1

1540–50; earlier renegue < Medieval Latin renegāre, equivalent to re- re- + negāre to deny ( negative )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of renege1

C16 (in the sense: to deny, renounce): from Medieval Latin renegāre to renounce; see renegade
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Example Sentences

Dubowitz, however, says he is concerned Moscow could renege on its promise not to sell Iran the S-300.

Will Syria collapse or Egypt renege on the Camp David Accords?

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger convinced Reagan to renege on his support for these cuts, so they never happened.

I treated them two or three times and never once did they renege.

The manager was afraid that I would renege on my contract after all the free advertising, but he didn't know me.

It occurred to him that he could agree now to join forces with Charles, then go back to Gobignon and renege on his promise.

"You've never seen the day when you wanted to renege, Upton, and you know it," he hit back.

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