Renege — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻnˈɛdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪnˈɛdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪnˈɛdʒ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻnˈɛdʒ/.

Examples

She backed out of her promise

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

renege on revoke renegue on go back on

Parts of Speech

noun	the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
verb	fail to fulfill a promise or obligation “She backed out of her promise”

Word Forms

revoke	verb	fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
renege	verb	fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
renege	noun	the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verneinen

der Fehler, dem Beispiel nicht zu folgen, obwohl man dazu in der Lage ist

🇫🇷French

renier

l'erreur de ne pas emboîter le pas quand on est capable de le faire

🇪🇸Spanish

no cumplir

El error de no seguir el ejemplo cuando se puede.

🇮🇹Italian

rinnegare

l'errore di non seguire l'esempio quando è possibile farlo

🇳🇱Dutch

verzaken

de fout om dit voorbeeld niet te volgen als dat wel mogelijk is

🇵🇹Portuguese

renegar

o erro de não seguir o exemplo quando é possível fazê-lo

🇷🇺Russian

отступить

ошибка не следовать примеру, когда есть возможность это сделать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

इनकार

ऐसा करने में सक्षम होने पर भी उसका पालन न करने की गलती

🇧🇩Bengali

পরিত্যাগ

তা করতে সক্ষম হলে স্যুট অনুসরণ না করার ভুল

🇮🇳Tamil

புறக்கணிப்பு

அவ்வாறு செய்ய இயலும் போது பின்பற்றாத தவறு

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరుగుబాటు

అలా చేయగలిగినప్పుడు దానిని అనుసరించకపోవడం తప్పు

🇮🇳Marathi

त्याग करणे

असे करण्यास सक्षम असताना त्याचे पालन न करण्याची चूक

🇮🇳Gujarati

ત્યાગ

જ્યારે આમ કરવામાં સક્ષમ હોય ત્યારે તેને અનુસરવાની ભૂલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ದ್ರೋಹ

ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದಾಗ ಅದನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸದಿರುವ ತಪ್ಪು

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിരസിക്കുക

അങ്ങനെ ചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയുമ്പോൾ അത് പിന്തുടരാത്തതിൻ്റെ തെറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਿਆਗ

ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਹੋਣ 'ਤੇ ਸੂਟ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਨਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਗਲਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

ترک کرنا

ایسا کرنے کے قابل ہونے پر اس کی پیروی نہ کرنے کی غلطی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

食言

🇯🇵Japanese

反逆する

できるのに従わないという間違い

🇰🇷Korean

배신하다

할 수 있는데도 이를 따르지 않는 실수

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phản bội

sai lầm của việc không làm theo khi có thể làm như vậy

🇹🇭Thai

แปรพักตร์

ความผิดที่ไม่ปฏิบัติตามเมื่อสามารถทำได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

memutuskan

kesalahan karena tidak mengikutinya ketika mampu melakukannya

🇵🇭Filipino

tumalikod

ang pagkakamali ng hindi pagsunod sa suit kapag nagawa ito

🇲🇾Malay

mengingkari

kesilapan tidak mengikut kesesuaian apabila dapat berbuat demikian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نكث

خطأ عدم اتباع الدعوى عند القدرة على ذلك

🇮🇷Persian

تسلیم شدن

اشتباه پیروی نکردن از آن در صورت توانایی

🇹🇷Turkish

caymak

mümkün olduğu halde davayı takip etmeme hatası

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתְכַּחֵשׁ

הטעות של לא ללכת בעקבותיו כשיכולים לעשות זאת

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The primary meaning of 'renege' is 'the mistake of not following suit when able to do so'.

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