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Definition

to fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Renege also has a specialized meaning in the card game, bridge, where it refers to the mistake of not following suit when able to do so.

We had an agreement, but then she reneged on the deal.

The company reneged on their job offer, so I'm looking for work again.
Could the captain have reneged on her promise?
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
The government had already informed the foreign press that I was to be set free tomorrow and felt they could not renege on that statement.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
We were distressed when you reneged on this offer.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
It never ends—the misery, the apologies, the promises, the reneging, the wretchedness of it all.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
It would be less dangerous to break into Gringotts than to renege on a promise to a goblin.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
It's not fair that you should sacrifice yourself to a woman who has chosen once and now wishes to renege that choice.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
The huge conduit to the Jackal, especially if he had reneged on their contract, would not expose the Jackal.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
"There's one of them, anyhow," said Mr. Henchy, "that didn't renege him.
James Joyce -- Dubliners
Nor will you renege on our bargain.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Lost Souls
I'd pretty much lived with them for five months while Mia was recovering and had promised to visit frequently but I'd reneged on that.
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
Does the fact that I reneged on an unspoken agreement appeal to your sense of humor?
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
Looking daunted and just a little green, but far too kind to renege on a promise, she held fast.
John Grogan -- Marley & Me
It seemed a big manly thing to say, but the effect was so much superior to anything I had expected that I couldn't renege and spoil the drama.
Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
Get her to discard her habit, renege on her vows.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Because now that the aunt was gone, Ellen had reneged from that triumvirate of which Miss Rosa tried without realising it to make two.
William Faulkner -- Absalom, Absalom!
What's to keep the rebels from reneging on the deal?
Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
He could get away with that with the senoritas—they liked the idea of presents to look forward to, and Dish was careful never to renege.
Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
Will you renege?
Stephen King -- The Gunslinger

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