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Noun renege has 1 sense
- renege(n = noun.act) revoke - the mistake of not following suit when able to do so; Array is a kind of error, fault, mistake
is a part of card game, cards
Derived form verb renege1
Verb renege has 1 sense
- renege(v = verb.communication) go back on, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" is one way to annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
Derived form noun renege1
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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]
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.
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
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