verb
definition
To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
definition
In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
definition
To deny; to renounce
Examples of reneged in a Sentence
They were paid average wages, and if they reneged on commitments given when elected, they could be instantly removed and replaced.
The Scots reneged on the treaties which drove Henry VIII into a fury.
Gatso Cameras -- The truth about how the government reneged on its promises.
Newcomers to the asbestos issue will recall how the company reneged on a court-approved agreement to compensate South African asbestos claimants.
They then reneged on the deal saying that the union was " very aware that this agreement was not forever " .
In a way I had not reneged on previous preoccupations.
The former German international had signed for Bolton but has since reneged on that agreement.
And subsequently, rich nations have cynically reneged on their Rio promises to tackle climate change and deforestation.
They then reneged on the deal saying that the union was " very aware that this agreement was not forever ".
This was the commitment made in 1997, which has since been cynically reneged upon.
When the time came for you to honor your agreement, you reneged.
The New Labor government has reneged on its anti-vivisectionist vote-catching rhetoric because they are so heavily indebted to and entrenched with the pharmaceutical multinationals.
At the WTO meeting in Geneva last week, the US flatly reneged on both promises.