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renege

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of renege

1 to break a promise or agreement
  • My so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning.
Synonyms of renege

back down, back off, back out, cop out, fink out
Words Related to renege

chicken (out), wimp out

backpedal, backtrack

disavow, forswear (also foreswear), recall, recant, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw

beg off
Phrases Synonymous with renege

go back on
Near Antonyms of renege

adhere (to), follow through (with)

comply (with), fulfill (or fulfil), honor, keep, satisfy
2 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
Synonyms of renege

abjure, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw
Words Related to renege

contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative

abandon, bolt, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender

controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute

back down, back off, backtrack

disallow, recall, revoke
Near Antonyms of renege

acknowledge, admit, affirm, assert, avow, claim, contend, declare, maintain, proclaim, profess, state, vouch, vow

back, confirm, defend, endorse (also indorse), espouse, maintain, support, uphold

accept, adopt, embrace
Antonyms of renege

adhere (to)

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