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   renege

   /rɪˈniːɡ/

   verb

   • 1. go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract: "they have reneged on their promises to us"
   • ▪ another term for revoke
   • ▪ renounce or abandon: "there's one of them, anyhow, that didn't renege him"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘desert’): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare ‘deny’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reneger noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • E

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   • N

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