What is another word for renege?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪnˈɛd͡ʒ], [ ɹɪnˈɛdʒ], [ ɹ_ɪ_n_ˈɛ_dʒ]
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Similar words for renege:
- act (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- renege (noun)
- abjure (verb)
- abrogate (verb)
- back-pedal (verb)
- back down (verb)
- back out (verb)
- break faith (verb)
- chicken out (verb)
- cop out (verb)
- defect (verb)
- disavow (verb)
- drop out (verb)
- forswear (verb)
- go back/go back on (verb)
- go back on one's word (verb)
- invert (verb)
- nullify (verb)
- recant (verb)
- rescind (verb)
- retract (verb)
- reverse (verb)
- take back (verb)
- turn (verb)
- waive (verb)
- weasel (verb)
- withdraw (verb)
- other synonyms
- abjure
- back down
- back off
- back out
- chicken out
- cop out
- drop out
- forswear
- give up
- go back
- invert
- other relevant words
- reject
- rescind
- withdraw
Synonyms for Renege:
n.
• act (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun) • renege (noun)v.
• abjure (verb) • abrogate (verb)- finishes off,
- in validated,
- dis solving,
- nixed,
- re-pealing,
- un-doing,
- in validate,
- un done,
- re-peals,
- re peals,
- re-peal,
- un-does,
- in-validate,
- re peal,
- dis solves,
- un did,
- un does,
- in validates,
- un doing,
- dis solve,
- dis-solve,
- in-validates,
- dis-solving,
- dis solved,
- in-validated,
- dis-solved,
- dis-solves,
- in-validating,
- in validating,
- re-pealed,
- un-did,
- re pealed,
- finishing off,
- re pealing.
- didst aboutface,
- doth u turn,
- dost an about-face,
- failing to honor,
- shifting ones ground,
- didst about face,
- do u turn,
- went in to reverse,
- going in to reverse,
- does a uturn,
- does an aboutface,
- sings a different song,
- shifting ground,
- re-considering,
- did an about face,
- didst an about face,
- doest u-turn,
- did an aboutface,
- did u turn,
- does about-face,
- shifted one ground,
- re considers,
- doest an about face,
- shifted ground,
- didst an aboutface,
- dost u turn,
- does aboutface,
- does u-turn,
- doest a uturn,
- failed honor,
- hast second thoughts,
- doing u turn,
- dost aboutface,
- shifted ones ground,
- re-considered,
- doeth an aboutface,
- did a u turn,
- re consider,
- dost a uturn,
- didst u turn,
- doest about-face,
- doeth a uturn,
- do aboutface,
- didst an about-face,
- failed to honor,
- shifting one ground,
- do about face,
- doth an about-face,
- doeth uturn,
- do uturn,
- dost an aboutface,
- sung a different song,
- doth an aboutface,
- do an about face,
- doeth a u-turn,
- shifts one ground,
- dost about face,
- go in to reverse,
- doth an about face,
- doest aboutface,
- changing opinion,
- does u turn,
- doeth aboutface,
- did about face,
- had second thoughts,
- do about-face,
- fails honor,
- didst a uturn,
- dost uturn,
- hath second thoughts,
- did uturn,
- did aboutface,
- doth uturn,
- did about-face,
- sang a different song,
- backing out of,
- do an aboutface,
- doing an about-face,
- goes in to reverse,
- dost u-turn,
- went into reverse,
- defaulting on,
- didst u-turn,
- doest uturn,
- doing about-face,
- backed out of,
- shifts one's ground,
- shifted one's ground,
- does a u-turn,
- didst about-face,
- shift one ground,
- doing uturn,
- re-consider,
- dost a u-turn,
- doeth an about-face,
- failing honor,
- goes into reverse,
- doeth about-face,
- hadst second thoughts,
- doing an aboutface,
- doeth u-turn,
- dost an about face,
- fail honor,
- sung different song,
- do u-turn,
- singing a different song,
- singing different song,
- changed opinion,
- doing an about face,
- does a u turn,
- re considering,
- doth a uturn,
- defaults on,
- does uturn,
- backs out of,
- dost about-face,
- didst uturn,
- re considered,
- fails to honor,
- haddest second thoughts,
- does about face,
- doing a u-turn,
- doeth an about face,
- changes opinion,
- dost a u turn,
- doest a u turn,
- did a u-turn,
- does an about-face,
- doing about face,
- doest u turn,
- doth aboutface,
- defaulted on,
- doest about face,
- didst a u-turn,
- shifts ones ground,
- doth a u-turn,
- having second thoughts,
- doing a uturn,
- did u-turn,
- sang different song,
- do a u turn,
- do a uturn,
- sings different song,
- did an about-face,
- shifting one's ground,
- shift ones ground,
- shifts ground,
- didst a u turn,
- doeth about face,
- has second thoughts,
- doeth u turn,
- did a uturn,
- doth about-face,
- doth about face,
- doth a u turn,
- doth u-turn,
- doeth a u turn,
- does an about face,
- shift ground,
- doest a u-turn,
- going into reverse,
- doest an aboutface,
- doing aboutface,
- re-considers,
- sing different song,
- doing u-turn,
- doing a u turn,
- doest an about-face.
- re coil,
- re signing,
- has no fight left,
- re treated,
- re coils,
- withdraw from agreement statement,
- sur render,
- hadst no fight left,
- re-treating,
- Re sign,
- wimping out,
- sur-render,
- withdrew from agreement or statement,
- re-coils,
- sur rendering,
- re-treat,
- hast no fight left,
- withdrawing from agreement or statement,
- re treating,
- wimped out,
- re-signs,
- re signs,
- re treats,
- had no fight left,
- withdrew from agreement statement,
- caved in,
- hath no fight left,
- sur rendered,
- re-coiling,
- re-signing,
- wimps out,
- re signed,
- having no fight left,
- sur-rendered,
- re treat,
- haddest no fight left,
- begged off,
- re-coiled,
- re-signed,
- sur-renders,
- withdrawing from agreement statement,
- begging off,
- withdraws from agreement or statement,
- re-treats,
- re-sign,
- gave ground,
- withdraws from agreement statement,
- re coiling,
- begs off,
- re-treated,
- re-coil,
- sur-rendering,
- re coiled,
- sur renders.
- throw towel,
- throws the towel,
- threw towel,
- gets cold feet,
- blows off,
- throwing the towel,
- wiggles out,
- worming out,
- throws in towel,
- throwing towel,
- gotten cold feet,
- worms out,
- blew it off,
- weaseled out,
- getting cold feet,
- blowing off,
- blows it off,
- blew off,
- wiggling out,
- shies from,
- throwing in towel,
- blowing it off,
- throw the towel,
- throws in the towel,
- shying from,
- threw in the towel,
- got cold feet,
- weasels out,
- threw in towel,
- weaseling out,
- threw the towel,
- throws towel,
- wiggled out,
- wormed out,
- gat cold feet,
- shied from.
- break word,
- break one word,
- breaks one's word,
- breaking ones word,
- brake one word,
- breaking promise,
- forswearing oneself,
- breaking one word,
- breaking one's word,
- broke promise,
- broke one word,
- broke one's word,
- broke ones word,
- broke word,
- brake one's word,
- breaks promise,
- breaks word,
- break ones word,
- breaks one word,
- forswore oneself,
- perjuring oneself,
- perjures oneself,
- perjured oneself,
- forswears oneself,
- brake word,
- breaks ones word,
- brake ones word,
- breaking word,
- brake promise.
- hast no stomach for,
- having no stomach for,
- turned yellow,
- turns yellow,
- hath no stomach for,
- funked out,
- funks out,
- haddest no stomach for,
- hadst no stomach for,
- had no stomach for,
- has no stomach for,
- gives way,
- funking out.
- give slip,
- giving slip,
- hast alibi,
- de sert,
- gave slip,
- had alibi,
- using pretext,
- gives slip,
- haddest alibi,
- hadst alibi,
- gives the slip,
- gave the slip,
- used pretext,
- hath alibi,
- having alibi,
- uses pretext,
- has alibi,
- giving the slip,
- de-sert.
- de-parting,
- takes walk,
- de parted,
- changes sides,
- goes over the fence,
- changing sides,
- re-volts,
- goes over fence,
- taking a walk,
- de parting,
- de-part,
- falling away from,
- go over fence,
- turned coat,
- going over the fence,
- re-volt,
- falls away from,
- taking walk,
- went over the fence,
- took a walk,
- going over fence,
- take walk,
- tergiversed,
- took walk,
- tergiversing,
- changed sides,
- re volt,
- de-parts,
- de-parted,
- tergiverses,
- de parts,
- fell away from,
- re volts,
- turns coat,
- went over fence,
- de part,
- schisming,
- schismed,
- turning coat.
- dis-acknowledge,
- re-nig,
- dis avows,
- washed hands of,
- washes hands of,
- dis-owned,
- dis acknowledged,
- dis avow,
- went back word,
- worms out of,
- dis-acknowledged,
- dis-allowing,
- re nigging,
- renigging,
- re nig,
- dis-allow,
- go back word,
- re fuses,
- goes back on word,
- going back word,
- renigged,
- weasels out of,
- dis-acknowledging,
- dis claiming,
- dis allowing,
- dis-claims,
- dis-avows,
- dis-claiming,
- dis claim,
- re-fuse,
- re-nigging,
- dis-allows,
- dis claims,
- re-nigs,
- going back on word,
- re fuse,
- renigs,
- dis owning,
- wormed out of,
- dis-avowed,
- washing hands of,
- dis-avow,
- dis owned,
- dis avowed,
- dis-avowing,
- re nigs,
- re fusing,
- goes back word,
- dis acknowledges,
- worming out of,
- re fused,
- dis avowing,
- dis acknowledging,
- dis-claimed,
- dis allowed,
- dis allow,
- dis-owning,
- dis-acknowledges,
- dis-claim,
- dis claimed,
- re-nigged,
- weaseled out of,
- re nigged,
- dis acknowledge,
- dis allows,
- dis-allowed,
- weaseling out of,
- went back on word,
- re-fused.
- be trays,
- leave lurch,
- ran out on,
- wast unfaithful,
- be-trays,
- re turns,
- re turning,
- leave the lurch,
- was unfaithful,
- re-turning,
- is unfaithful,
- re turn,
- were unfaithful,
- re-turns,
- am unfaithful,
- being unfaithful,
- are unfaithful,
- Re-turn,
- re-turned,
- wert unfaithful,
- be-tray,
- runs out on,
- art unfaithful,
- be tray.
- inversing,
- over-turn,
- trans placed,
- trans-posing,
- up turned,
- Introverting,
- in versed,
- in verse,
- Transplaced,
- trans place,
- turning the tables,
- up-setting,
- turns inside out,
- up-turn,
- trans-placing,
- turning tables,
- turned tables,
- in-versing,
- over-turning,
- turns the tables,
- up-sets,
- flipflopped,
- turn tables,
- trans-placed,
- flip-flopped,
- up ending,
- in-versed,
- turns tables,
- trans-place,
- up-set,
- trans places,
- flip flop,
- flip flopping,
- over turning,
- Transplacing,
- up-turning,
- up turning,
- flipflopping,
- over-turns,
- up ended,
- trans posed,
- up setting,
- up turns,
- up ends,
- in versing,
- up-turned,
- up sets,
- trans placing,
- over turns,
- trans pose,
- in-verse,
- up-ending,
- up-ended,
- up-ends,
- trans-places,
- flip flopped,
- transplaces,
- up-turns,
- trans-pose.
- brings to naught,
- dis-annulled,
- counter-vails,
- called bets off,
- counter acting,
- counter balancing,
- counter vailing,
- counter-vail,
- dis annulled,
- dis-annuls,
- counter acts,
- called all bets off,
- rendered null and void,
- counter balance,
- nigged,
- counter vails,
- dis annul,
- counter-balanced,
- disannulling,
- counter vailed,
- blue pencilled,
- brought to naught,
- counter-acted,
- blue pencilling,
- rendered null void,
- bringing naught,
- counter balanced,
- counter-vailed,
- dis-annul,
- blue penciling,
- brings naught,
- calls all bets off,
- bringing to naught,
- re-strict,
- brought naught,
- calling all bets off,
- render null void,
- forgat it,
- blue pencils,
- renders null and void,
- counter-act,
- calls bets off,
- counter acted,
- call bets off,
- disannuls,
- dis-annulling,
- rendering null void,
- rendering null and void,
- bring naught,
- re strict,
- forgot it,
- counter vail,
- counter-balancing,
- dis annulling,
- counter balances,
- calling bets off,
- forgetting it,
- forgets it,
- counter-acts,
- blue penciled,
- disannulled,
- renders null void,
- dis annuls,
- counter-vailing,
- counter act,
- counter-acting,
- nigging.
- re-canted,
- went back one's word,
- goes back one word,
- re canted,
- goes back on one word,
- went back on one's word,
- un-says,
- ate one words,
- go back on one word,
- goes back ones word,
- went back on ones word,
- un say,
- un-saying,
- ate one's words,
- go back on ones word,
- dialing back,
- dials back,
- eating words,
- going back one word,
- go back one's word,
- re-canting,
- going back on one word,
- eats ones words,
- ate ones words,
- eat words,
- going back on one's word,
- eating ones words,
- dialling back,
- going back on ones word,
- goes back on ones word,
- goes back on one's word,
- goes back one's word,
- eat one words,
- went back one word,
- eat ones words,
- go back one word,
- ate words,
- dialed back,
- went back ones word,
- dialled back,
- re canting,
- eats one words,
- go back ones word,
- un-say,
- went back on one word,
- eats words,
- un says,
- un saying,
- going back ones word,
- going back one's word,
- eats one's words,
- eating one words.
- dis-mantle,
- wangled out,
- crawls out of,
- backwatering,
- pulling plug,
- crawled out of,
- re-move,
- pulled the plug,
- wangles out,
- dis mantle,
- dis mantles,
- dis-mantles,
- pulled plug,
- x-outs,
- pulls the plug,
- re moving,
- dis-mantling,
- wangling out,
- xouts,
- x-outed,
- pulls plug,
- sets aside,
- x outed,
- x-outing,
- x outs,
- backwatered,
- re move,
- dis-mantled,
- dis mantling,
- x outing,
- dis mantled,
- pull plug,
- re moved,
- xouted,
- xouting,
- crawling out of,
- re-moving,
- re-moves,
- xout.
- drawing in,
- had change of heart,
- retro ceded,
- have change heart,
- re-tracts,
- change one mind,
- changing mind,
- changes ones mind,
- change ones mind,
- haddest change of heart,
- changed one mind,
- retro graded,
- re tract,
- retro grades,
- retro-cede,
- re ceding,
- re cedes,
- changing ones mind,
- haddest change heart,
- re-cede,
- retro grade,
- changes one mind,
- having change of heart,
- hast change of heart,
- changes mind,
- retro-ceded,
- changing one's mind,
- re tracts,
- hast change heart,
- retro ceding,
- hadst change heart,
- retro-graded,
- changed ones mind,
- draws in,
- changed mind,
- retro-cedes,
- reeled in,
- changes one's mind,
- retro-grading,
- re-ceded,
- has change of heart,
- re-tract,
- reeling in,
- re-cedes,
- retro-grades,
- retro grading,
- re-ceding,
- hadst change of heart,
- had change heart,
- has change heart,
- changing one mind,
- retro cede,
- reels in,
- retro cedes,
- hath change heart,
- changed one's mind,
- having change heart,
- retro-ceding,
- hath change of heart.
- over ruled,
- declared null void,
- over thrown,
- declaring null and void,
- over throws,
- over sets,
- re versed,
- over rules,
- oversets,
- over-rule,
- over-ruling,
- over-throws,
- declares null and void,
- over throw,
- over setting,
- re-verse,
- over-ruled,
- re-versing,
- declares null void,
- over-set,
- turns around,
- over-throwing,
- re versing,
- over ruling,
- re verse,
- over-sets,
- over-throw,
- over-setting,
- Oversetting,
- declare null void,
- re-versed,
- over-rules,
- over-thrown,
- over throwing,
- declaring null void.
- re-claimed,
- re claiming,
- re possessed,
- re possessing,
- re-possessing,
- re-possesses,
- re claim,
- re possess,
- re claims,
- re possesses,
- re claimed,
- re-possess.
- talks into,
- talk in to,
- talking in to,
- talks in to,
- talked in to,
- bringing round,
- prevail up on,
- brings round,
- talked into,
- brought round.
- de-lay,
- de laying,
- pro rogues,
- post pone,
- all owed,
- post pones,
- re-served,
- de-laying,
- de-lays,
- re serving,
- pro-roguing,
- re serve,
- re served,
- re-serve,
- all owing,
- pro-rogued,
- pro-rogues,
- de lays,
- pro rogue,
- re-serving,
- refrains from,
- refraining from,
- refrained from,
- re-serves,
- de lay,
- pro roguing,
- all-owed,
- post-pones,
- all-owing.
- gave runaround,
- giving runaround,
- worming one's way out of,
- dancing around an issue,
- snuck away,
- worms ones way out of,
- worms one way out of,
- gives the runaround,
- worm one way out of,
- dancing around issue,
- laying low,
- wormed ones way out of,
- gives runaround,
- worm ones way out of,
- slips out,
- wormed one's way out of,
- lays low,
- worming ones way out of,
- wormed one way out of,
- danced around an issue,
- gave the runaround,
- gat around,
- worm way out of,
- gotten around,
- worming way out of,
- worms way out of,
- slipt out,
- hem haw,
- tap danced,
- sneaked away,
- beating around bush,
- gets around,
- giving the runaround,
- dances around issue,
- beats around bush,
- worming one way out of,
- danced around issue,
- slipping out,
- give runaround,
- slipped out,
- dance around issue,
- sneaking away,
- dances around an issue,
- worms one's way out of,
- beats around the bush,
- wormed way out of,
- sneaks away.
Other synonyms:
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- breach.
- pull back,
- pulling back,
- have no fight left,
- beg off,
- chicken out,
- gave in,
- withdraw from agreement or statement,
- retreating,
- give ground,
- gives ground,
- caving in,
- give up,
- pulls back,
- holds back,
- pulled back,
- wimp out,
- giving ground,
- caves in,
- cave in.
- worm out,
- weasel out,
- blow it off,
- throw in towel,
- blow off,
- get cold feet,
- throwing in the towel,
- welsh,
- throw in the towel,
- shy from,
- wiggle out.
- turned the tables,
- upend,
- turn down,
- upturning,
- flip-flopping,
- turn inside out,
- Transplace,
- EVERTS,
- everting,
- inversed,
- up set,
- introvert,
- Flipping,
- turned inside out,
- turning inside out,
- inverses,
- Everted,
- upending,
- flipflop,
- upturn,
- upended,
- evert,
- up turn,
- over turn,
- upends,
- turn the tables.
- prorogues,
- over set,
- washes out,
- forget it,
- break faith,
- worm one's way out of,
- dial back,
- go back on,
- be unfaithful,
- reverse,
- change one's mind,
- change mind,
- blue pencil,
- running out on,
- eating one's words,
- turning around,
- sheathe,
- takes a walk,
- invert,
- tap dancing,
- Disannul,
- prorogue,
- draw in,
- Torpedoes,
- unsaying,
- reel in,
- do an about-face,
- beat around the bush,
- drop out,
- took out,
- render null and void,
- withdraw,
- finish off,
- defect,
- go over the fence,
- fail to honor,
- back out of,
- quash,
- tergiverse,
- back pedal,
- bring to naught,
- have change of heart,
- washed out,
- Retrograded,
- torpedoed,
- forswear oneself,
- slip out,
- shift one's ground,
- torpedoing,
- call all bets off,
- go into reverse,
- spurn,
- fall back,
- retract,
- recant,
- turned around,
- nixing,
- nig,
- dance around an issue,
- give the runaround,
- default on,
- Negativing,
- weasel out of,
- renig,
- nullify,
- retrogrades,
- run out on,
- torpedo,
- finished off,
- turn around,
- beating around the bush,
- laid low,
- Ratted,
- turn coat,
- wash hands of,
- declared null and void,
- go back on one's word,
- wash out,
- drew in,
- weasel,
- Negatived,
- get around,
- perjure oneself,
- washing out,
- rescind,
- fall away from,
- break promise,
- Reversing,
- go back on word,
- running out,
- refrain from,
- beat around bush,
- bring round,
- eat one's words,
- Retrograding,
- Quashed,
- take back,
- Proroguing,
- break one's word,
- Trashed,
- change sides,
- unsays,
- sneak away,
- counter-balance,
- forsake,
- have second thoughts,
- talk into,
- back-pedal,
- Prorogued,
- take a walk,
- taking out,
- unsay,
- turn,
- waive,
- counter-balances,
- getting around,
- Voided,
- cop out,
- lay low,
- leave in lurch,
- ratting,
- declare null and void,
- NIGS,
- Overset,
- sing a different song,
- worm out of,
- change opinion.
How to use "Renege" in context?
Reneging means to break one's promise or agreement. It can be a simple decision, like deciding not to attend a party, or it can be more complicated, like abandoning a job or a friendship. When a person renounces something, they are communicating that they do not feel obligated to follow through with what they agreed to do. There is a feeling of freedom that comes from making a decision to renounce something.
Paraphrases for Renege:
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Verb, base form
surrender.
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Homophones for Renege:
- raunchy, running, rings, roanoke, raring, ruinous, running shoe, rangy, runniness, Rawness, reminisce, rayons, remake, remaining, rhamnaceae, Rameses Ii, rearrange, romanise, remiss, rhyming, Rumansh, renounce, ring, roman nose, rareness, ranch house, ranch, renewing, rain check, Raininess, remus, rum nose, Rheims, Raunch, Romansh, romaic, ransack, ramses, rain-wash, room access, remains, rooming house, rooms, rehearing, rimose, raining, Romanic, ramous, rain gauge, Reims, reharmonize, Ramses Ii, ruining, rinse, ramus, runic, Ramesses Ii, romanize, rowing, Romans, rain gage, rung, reharmonise, rhonchus, roominess, roaring, range, romance, romanesque, ramesses, runch, rank, rhamnus, rumex, Remise, rhenish, riming, rameses, running away, rummage, rhyniaceae, romish, ramose, rink, rnase, rearing.
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- Synonyms:
- bring to a screeching halt.