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as in to withdraw
to break a promise or agreement
my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning
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as in to renounce
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business
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Recent Examples of renege
For all the fun and disruption, the commitment to elite sport itself never felt reneged.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
People made clear that the story of Colorado becoming a state should include talk of the Sand Creek massacre and other atrocities, treaties reneged on and the treatment of children at Indian boarding schools.
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Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
But that’s precisely the commitment that American leaders have reneged on.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
Musk is accusing Altman of ‘robbing a charity,’ by reneging on OpenAI’s original non profit mission.
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Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for renege
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
People made clear that the story of Colorado becoming a state should include talk of the Sand Creek massacre and other atrocities, treaties reneged on and the treatment of children at Indian boarding schools.
—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
But that’s precisely the commitment that American leaders have reneged on.
—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
Musk is accusing Altman of ‘robbing a charity,’ by reneging on OpenAI’s original non profit mission.
—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for renege
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renege
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Ballot measure proponents had a Thursday evening deadline to withdraw their proposals.
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Patients might be women in their 30s with an autoimmune disease like lupus or people of any age exposed to such toxins as methamphetamines or, in the past, the fen-phen appetite suppressant drug of the 1990s, later withdrawn after being linked to heart disease.
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Jafarzadeh highlighted Khabiri as a symbol of the regime’s repression of athletes, as Khabiri was a rising soccer star who became captain of Iran’s national team before being arrested and asked to appear on television to renounce his political beliefs.
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Her first book, Notes on a Foreign Country (2018), seeks to take stock of, and renounce, American solipsism abroad.
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Teammate Jordan Henderson, now at his fourth World Cup, recalled Kane scoring twice in the opener against Croatia to match Lineker and mistakenly thought this mark was already in Kane’s sole possession.
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Amon recalled facing questions in 2021 about why Qualcomm was chasing so many rabbits at once, between developing its automotive business, its PC chips and industrial applications.
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The journal typically adds a large RETRACTED notice across digital papers that have been retracted, leaving them available for download.
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The remote control has mixed reviews, with this seemingly retracting from its otherwise glowing reviews.
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Allow both arms to extend back out and continue this pattern for 12 repetitions, two sets.
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Crews were back out on Saturday to search for a man who Elgin police said was running away with a large knife and went into the Fox River after an incident Friday morning.
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His opponent claimed that created a conflict of interest, which Weiser denied.
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The two housekeepers denied having such a conversation with Brown, noting language differences would have made such a discussion unlikely.
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Three people had apparently been killed, but the men behind the coup had backed down and Gorbachev was being released.
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Whether La Roja earns another star or comes crashing back down to earth remains to be seen.
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“Renege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renege. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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