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renege

verb

🔊/rɪˈniːɡ/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡ/

🔊/rɪˈneɡ/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they renege	🔊/rɪˈniːɡ/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡ/ 🔊/rɪˈneɡ/
he / she / it reneges	🔊/rɪˈniːɡz/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡz/ 🔊/rɪˈniːɡz/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡz/
past simple reneged	🔊/rɪˈniːɡd/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡd/ 🔊/rɪˈniːɡd/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡd/
past participle reneged	🔊/rɪˈniːɡd/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡd/ 🔊/rɪˈniːɡd/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡd/
-ing form reneging	🔊/rɪˈniːɡɪŋ/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡɪŋ/ 🔊/rɪˈniːɡɪŋ/, 🔊/rɪˈneɪɡɪŋ/

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renege (on something) to break a promise, an agreement, etc.违背（诺言）；背信弃义；食言 synonym go back on
- to renege on a deal/debt/contract放弃交易/债务/合同
Topics Discussion and agreementc2
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘desert’): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare ‘deny’.