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renege
[ ri-nig, -neg, -neeg ]
verb (used without object)
- Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
- to go back on one's word:
He has reneged on his promise.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to deny; disown; renounce.
noun
- Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
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Derived Forms
- reˈneger, noun
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Other Words From
- re·neger noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of renege1
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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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