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Definition of renege in English: renege(also renegue) verb rɪˈniːɡrɪˈneɪɡ [no object]1Go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract. the government had reneged on its election promises Example sentencesExamples - She said sponsors were reneging on an earlier agreement to hold the rally elsewhere.
- An hour ago your investor reneged on his promised half million.
- Competition thwarted this cartel when members reneged on the deal, exceeding their quotas.
- The present dispute originates in the government reneging on promises made in the 1997 settlement.
- To appease unions, he reneged on promised labor-market reforms.
- You reneged on your end of the deal when you started digging into my past.
- The mayor has in practice reneged on the deal by moving the Roma people but not fully subsidising the rent in the new houses.
- Unfortunately, the congregation in Manitoba reneged on their offer and this man was ordained without charge, meaning he was officially a minister, but had no place to go.
- Hospital authorities promised to pay up, after protests two months ago, but then reneged on the commitment.
- The life insurer was forced last week to renege on its pledge.
- A new theory predicts when countries will honor or renege on their international obligations.
- The management agreed to increase salaries by 10 percent but then reneged and transferred the activists.
- Older workers were among the first fired, and some hard-pressed corporations reneged on pension promises.
- Now the government is reneging on that commitment, to provide jobs for the boys.
- They feel management have reneged on an agreement to have two nurses on night shift in emergency.
- It has reneged on many international treaties and at present it is busy concluding bilateral treaties with many countries to ensure that its own war criminals will never face the international court of justice.
- What's a nonprofit to do when a donor reneges on a pledge?
- And in spring 2001, it finally reneged on the offer altogether and blamed the federal government.
- Now, apparently, it's okay if a company reneges on a pension commitment.
- The government re-established control and reneged on the monarch's promise.
Synonyms default on, fail to honour, go back on, break, back out of, pull out of, withdraw from, retreat from, welsh on, backtrack on repudiate, retract go back on one's word, break one's word, break one's promise, do an about-face informal cop out of, rat on - 1.1
another term for revoke (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples - To this C reneges his 5 (his privilege) and plays the 8 of diamonds (now the worst card in his hand) instead.
- If a player reneges his/her team is penalized 4 points.
- 1.2archaic with object Renounce or abandon.
there's one of them, anyhow, that didn't renege him Example sentencesExamples - The treaty and peace terms in favor of Haidar Ali were shamelessly reneged by the British and soon a second Mysore war ensued from 1780 to 1784.
Derivatives noun Because of the fast pace of the game, catching a reneger is difficult. Example sentencesExamples - The day following the election, this reneger dismissed that promise as 'old news'.
- In general, play stops when a renege is figured out and the reneger gets points for that hand, while the others get the points they have at that point.
Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'desert'): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare 'deny'. Rhymes fatigue, Grieg, intrigue, league Definition of renege in US English: renege(also renegue) verb [no object]1Go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract. the administration had reneged on its election promises Example sentencesExamples - The present dispute originates in the government reneging on promises made in the 1997 settlement.
- An hour ago your investor reneged on his promised half million.
- Hospital authorities promised to pay up, after protests two months ago, but then reneged on the commitment.
- She said sponsors were reneging on an earlier agreement to hold the rally elsewhere.
- Now the government is reneging on that commitment, to provide jobs for the boys.
- And in spring 2001, it finally reneged on the offer altogether and blamed the federal government.
- Competition thwarted this cartel when members reneged on the deal, exceeding their quotas.
- Now, apparently, it's okay if a company reneges on a pension commitment.
- The mayor has in practice reneged on the deal by moving the Roma people but not fully subsidising the rent in the new houses.
- It has reneged on many international treaties and at present it is busy concluding bilateral treaties with many countries to ensure that its own war criminals will never face the international court of justice.
- The government re-established control and reneged on the monarch's promise.
- The life insurer was forced last week to renege on its pledge.
- Older workers were among the first fired, and some hard-pressed corporations reneged on pension promises.
- To appease unions, he reneged on promised labor-market reforms.
- They feel management have reneged on an agreement to have two nurses on night shift in emergency.
- Unfortunately, the congregation in Manitoba reneged on their offer and this man was ordained without charge, meaning he was officially a minister, but had no place to go.
- The management agreed to increase salaries by 10 percent but then reneged and transferred the activists.
- A new theory predicts when countries will honor or renege on their international obligations.
- You reneged on your end of the deal when you started digging into my past.
- What's a nonprofit to do when a donor reneges on a pledge?
Synonyms default on, fail to honour, go back on, break, back out of, pull out of, withdraw from, retreat from, welsh on, backtrack on - 1.1
another term for revoke (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples - To this C reneges his 5 (his privilege) and plays the 8 of diamonds (now the worst card in his hand) instead.
- If a player reneges his/her team is penalized 4 points.
- 1.2archaic with object Renounce or abandon (someone or something).
Example sentencesExamples - The treaty and peace terms in favor of Haidar Ali were shamelessly reneged by the British and soon a second Mysore war ensued from 1780 to 1784.
Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘desert’): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare ‘deny’. |