renege
verb [intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they renege | |
| he / she / it reneges | |
| past simple reneged | |
| past participle reneged | |
| -ing form reneging |
- renege (on something)
to break a promise, an agreement, etc. 违背（诺言）；背信弃义；食言 to renege on a deal/debt/contract 背弃交易/债务/合同
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘desert’): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare ‘deny’.