Synonyms for renege
- default
- reverse
- welsh
- break one's promise
- cop out
- weasel out
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I treated them two or three times and never once did they renege.
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.
WORD ORIGIN
1540s, "deny, renounce, abandon," from Medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re-, here probably an intensive prefix, + negare "deny" (see deny). Meaning "change one's mind" is from 1784. Related: Reneged; reneging.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR RENEGE
abrogate
verbformally put an end toback down
verbback off- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
back out
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