renege

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: re=nege
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

renege, v. t. [LL. renegare. See Renegade.].

 To deny; to disown.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged)
Against the truth and thee unholy leagued."  [1913 Webster]

renege, v. i. 

•  To deny.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  To fail to keep (a commitment or promise); -- often used with on; as, to renege on one's promise.  [PJC]
•  To revoke; to play a card that cannot legally be played according to the rules.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

renege, v. (also renegue)
1 intr. a go back on one's word; change one's mind; recant. b (foll. by on) go back on (a promise or undertaking or contract).
2 tr. deny, renounce, abandon (a person, faith, etc.).
3 intr. Cards revoke.

Derivative

reneger n. reneguer n.

Etymology

med.L renegare (as RE-, L negare deny)

THESAURUS

renege

abandon, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back out, backpedal, backwater, beg off, cancel, climb down, countermand, counterorder, crawfish out, cry off, default, defect, degenerate, deny, depart from, desert, disannul, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, do away with, drop out, eat crow, eat humble pie, evacuate, forsake, forswear, go back on, invalidate, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, make void, maroon, nullify, override, overrule, pull out, quit, quit cold, recall, recant, renegade, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resile, retract, reverse, revoke, say goodbye to, set aside, stand down, suspend, swallow, take back, take leave of, throw over, turn against, turn traitor, unsay, vacate, void, waive, welsh, withdraw, write off