Reneged

Mary promised to bake me a cake, but then she reneged.

He reneged on the agreement.

She reneged on the agreement.

They reneged on the agreement.

We reneged on the agreement.

After years of election postponements and stalled negotiations, the last week has seen two hopeful developments: first, the nation’s special electoral court cut three prominent and controversial figures from the ballot—the coup leader, who had reneged on a promise not to run; the wife of the president who was overthrown in that 2009 coup; and the man who served as president before that.

Tom reneged on his pledge.