renege. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

renege

SYLLABICATION:	re·nege
PRONUNCIATION:	r-ng, -ng, -ng
VERB:	Inflected forms: re·neged, re·neg·ing, re·neges
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To fail to carry out a promise or commitment: reneged on the contract at the last minute. 2. Games To fail to follow suit in cards when able and required by the rules to do so.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To renounce; disown.
NOUN:	The act of reneging.
ETYMOLOGY:	Medieval Latin renegre, to deny. See renegade.
OTHER FORMS:	re·neger —NOUN


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