Previously I promised not to proselytize miserism, but now I want to renege a little on that promise. If your family income is anywhere near average, you can scrimp and save and cut back for maybe two to four years […]
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Renege
//ɹɪˈnɛɡ//
Synonyms for "renege" (98 found)
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12 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
1 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀθετέω verb (break a promise or commitment)
Bulgarian
2 entries- не изпълнявам обещание verb (break a promise or commitment)
- правя ривок verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 食言 verb (break a promise or commitment)
Czech
4 entries- nedodržet verb (break a promise or commitment)
- nepřiznat barvu verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
- nesplnit verb (break a promise or commitment)
- porušit verb (break a promise or commitment)
Dutch
4 entries- afzweren verb (deny, renounce)
- belofte breken verb (break a promise or commitment)
- verloochenen verb (deny, renounce)
- verzaken verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
Finnish
4 entries- kieltää verb (deny, renounce)
- pettää verb (break a promise or commitment)
- rikkoa lupaus verb (break a promise or commitment)
- syödä sanansa verb (break a promise or commitment)
French
1 entries- manquer à la parole verb (break a promise or commitment)
Galician
3 entries- botarse atrás verb (break a promise or commitment)
- renunciar verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
- volverse atrás verb (break a promise or commitment)
German
3 entries- (sein) Wort brechen verb (break a promise or commitment)
- nicht Wort halten verb (break a promise or commitment)
- verleugnen verb (deny, renounce)
Greek
1 entries- αθετώ verb (break a promise or commitment)
Korean
2 entries- 어기다 verb (break a promise or commitment)
- 파기하다 verb (break a promise or commitment)
Persian
1 entries- جا زدن verb (break a promise or commitment)
Polish
4 entries- nie grać karty tego samego koloru verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
- nie zagrać karty tego samego koloru verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
- zrzec się verb (deny, renounce)
- zrzekać się verb (deny, renounce)
Portuguese
4 entries- faltar com a palavra verb (break a promise or commitment)
- rejeitar verb (deny, renounce)
- renegar verb (deny, renounce)
- renunciar verb (deny, renounce)
Russian
4 entries- де́лать рено́нс verb (card games: fail to follow suit when capable)
- измени́ть своему́ слову́ verb (break a promise or commitment)
- изменя́ть своему́ сло́ву verb (break a promise or commitment)
- отка́зываться verb (deny, renounce)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- otkázati verb (deny, renounce)
- prekŕšiti rijȇč verb (break a promise or commitment)
- отка́зати verb (deny, renounce)
- прекр́шити рије̑ч verb (break a promise or commitment)
Spanish
2 entries- faltar a la palabra verb (break a promise or commitment)
- faltar a su palabra verb (break a promise or commitment)
Thai
2 entries- ทำผิดสัญญา verb (break a promise or commitment)
- ผิดสัญญา verb (break a promise or commitment)
Welsh
2 entries- torri addewid verb (break a promise or commitment)
- torri gair verb (break a promise or commitment)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Clattenburg awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he reneged after realising that the linesman had flagged Crouch offside in the build-up.
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His captaines heart, / Which in the ſcuffles of great fights hath burſt / The Buckles on his breaſt, reneages all temper, / And is become the bellowes and the Fan / To coole a Gypſies Luſt.
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All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) / Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.
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