RENEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renege mean? 

• RENEGE (noun)
  The noun RENEGE has 1 sense:

1. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

  Familiarity information: RENEGE used as a noun is very rare.

• RENEGE (verb)
  The verb RENEGE has 1 sense:

1. fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

  Familiarity information: RENEGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mistake of not following suit when able to do so

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

renege; revoke

Hypernyms ("renege" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

Holonyms ("renege" is a part of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Derivation:

renege (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)

• RENEGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they renege    ... he / she / it reneges   
Past simple: reneged   
Past participle: reneged   
-ing form: reneging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on

Context example:

She backed out of her promise

Hypernyms (to "renege" is one way to...):

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate (cancel officially)

"Renege" entails doing...:

assure; promise (make a promise or commitment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

renege (the mistake of not following suit when able to do so)