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renege

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re⋅nege

  [ri-nig, -neg, -neeg] verb, -neged, -neg⋅ing, noun
Use renege in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
2. to go back on one's word: He has reneged on his promise.
–verb (used with object)
3. Archaic. to deny; disown; renounce.
–noun
4. Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
Origin:
1540–50; earlier renegue < ML renegāre, equiv. to re- re- + negāre to deny (cf. negative )

Related forms:
re⋅neg⋅er, noun
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re·nege   (rĭ-něg', -nĭg')   
v.   re·neged, re·neg·ing, re·neges

v.   intr.

  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.

v.   tr.
To renounce; disown.
n.  The act of reneging.

[Medieval Latin renegāre, to deny; see renegade.]
re·neg'er n.
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Word Origin & History

renege 
1548, from M.L. renegare, from L. re-, intensive prefix, + negare "deny" (see deny).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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