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re·nege on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. renege, renege on, renegue on, go back onverb

    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

    "She backed out of her promise"

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  1. renege on

    To "renege on" refers to failing to fulfill a promise or commitment, backing out of an agreement, or not meeting an obligation or expectation that has been previously settled. It's often used in the context of contractual and social arrangements.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of renege on in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of renege on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of renege on in a Sentence

  1. Sam Lowe:

    Biden has a specific interest in Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland stability, and does view United Kingdom as the antagonist in that discussion, ongoing disputes with the European Union over Northern Ireland and threats to renege on commitments creates a problem with the US, but I'm not convinced Northern Ireland creates huge problems with any other countries.

  2. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

    European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern a four-year parliamentary term, european Union partners will be spaced out in an optimal way, in a way that is in tune with our bargaining stance in Europe and also with the fiscal position of the Greek state.

  3. Another Angola expert:

    Dos Santos' departure from power has been the talk of the town in Luanda for 15 years. He has always hinted that he wanted to leave but this is the most specific commitment he has ever made, the fact that he put a date to it is a powerful marker and would come back to haunt him if he were to renege on it.

  4. Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

    The government's position is perfectly clear and that is at some point if people don't have a protection claim then they will be returned to their country of origin or back to Nauru. We are not going to renege on that position.


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