单词 | reneging |
释义 | > as lemmasreˈneging reˈneging n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction renayinga1400 retractionc1405 revocationa1428 recanting1534 recantation?1544 retractation1547 retract1553 renegation1581 reneging1632 revoking1646 unsaying1647 misowning1661 unwishing1699 unswearinga1822 withdrawal1836 1632 J. Featley Honor of Chastity 11 Correct the fury of it by a pious reneaguing. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) x. 82 Reneging or renouncing, that is, not following suit when you have it in your hand, is very foul play. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 277 This privilege of reneging is confined to the three highest trumps. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxv There was no Prime Minister to whom such renagueing or trafficking would ever have occurred. 1997 J. E. Cohen Presidential Responsiveness & Public Policy-making viii. 216 Most glaring was his reneging of his 1988 presidential election campaign pledge of ‘no new taxes’. < as lemmas |
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