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单词 reneged
释义

renege

verb

re·​nege ri-ˈneg How to pronounce renege (audio)
 also  -ˈnāg,
-ˈnig;
rē- How to pronounce renege (audio)
reneged; reneging

intransitive verb

1
: to go back on a promise or commitment
2
: revoke
3
obsolete : to make a denial

transitive verb

: deny, renounce
reneger noun

Synonyms

  • back down
  • back off
  • back out
  • cop out
  • fink out
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Example Sentences

They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged. my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning
Recent Examples on the Web Environmentalists, meanwhile, warned the government not to renege on its promise to phase out nuclear power by leaving the door open for an extension of the plants’ operating life. Frank Jordans, ajc, 5 Sep. 2022 Musk has previously tried to renege on the deal by arguing Twitter fails to accurately measure the prevalence of bots on its platform, claims that Twitter officials have refuted. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022 The revolt started at the end of June at a China Evergrande Group project in Jingdezhen, a city in south-central China’s Jiangxi province, where frustrated home buyers threatened to renege on mortgages on unfinished properties. Cao Li, WSJ, 31 July 2022 Twitter shares continued to slide in pre-market trading early on Monday morning as the social media giant prepares to sue billionaire Elon Musk for attempting to renege on a deal to acquire it for $44 billion last week. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Musk is raising a big stink about spam accounts, but most people who are following this truly bizarre corporate drama agree the bot issue is little more than a pretext for Musk to renege on the deal, which wildly overvalued Twitter at 54.20 a share. Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 July 2022 Twitter is imposing a hiring freeze and might renege on some job offers, Chief Executive Parag Agrawal said in an internal memo. Allison Prang, WSJ, 13 May 2022 Expanding drilling would renege on one of the lower-hanging fruits of Biden’s campaign pledge, which may not sit well with the 61 percent of eligible voters under 34 who already disapprove of Biden’s job performance. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 July 2022 The outgoing president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, whose country signed on to the economic framework, steered his country closer to Beijing despite territorial and maritime disputes and threatened to renege on a military pact with the U.S. Andrew Restuccia, WSJ, 24 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin renegare

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

renege

verb

re·​nege ri-ˈnig How to pronounce renege (audio)
-ˈneg
reneged; reneging
: to go back on a promise or agreement

reneged

verb

past tense of renege
1
as in withdrew
to break a promise or agreement my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • withdrew
  • recalled
  • retracted
  • backed out
  • backed off
  • copped out
  • backed down
  • backpedaled
  • backtracked
  • recanted
  • finked out
  • disavowed
  • forswore
  • repudiated
  • abjured
  • wimped out
  • unsaid
  • foreswore
  • went back on
  • took back
  • abnegated
  • begged off
  • cried off
  • chickened (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fulfilled
  • adhered (to)
  • satisfied
  • kept
  • honored
  • complied (with)
  • followed through (with)
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2
as in retracted
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • withdrew
  • retracted
  • renounced
  • denied
  • contradicted
  • recanted
  • abandoned
  • relinquished
  • refuted
  • repudiated
  • repealed
  • abjured
  • forswore
  • foreswore
  • unsaid
  • disavowed
  • took back
  • spurned
  • disowned
  • disclaimed
  • negated
  • recalled
  • abnegated
  • backtracked
  • revoked
  • gainsaid
  • disproved
  • rebutted
  • forsook
  • surrendered
  • disputed
  • controverted
  • bolted
  • negatived
  • disallowed
  • backed off
  • backed down
  • gave up
  • disagreed (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stated
  • claimed
  • declared
  • acknowledged
  • admitted
  • affirmed
  • asserted
  • maintained
  • contended
  • proclaimed
  • confirmed
  • backed
  • accepted
  • maintained
  • professed
  • vowed
  • upheld
  • endorsed
  • defended
  • supported
  • adopted
  • vouched
  • embraced
  • adhered (to)
  • avowed
  • indorsed
  • espoused
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