MEANING
To fail to honor a promise or agreement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- renege on a promise
- renege on an agreement
On the page
The sponsor reneged on the funding agreement.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- renege
- Past tense
- reneged
- Past participle
- reneged
- Present participle
- reneging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- renege
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reneging
- Present perfect
- have/has reneged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reneging
- Past
- reneged
- Past continuous
- was/were reneging
- Past perfect
- had reneged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reneging
- Future
- will renege
- Future continuous
- will be reneging
- Future perfect
- will have reneged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reneging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: renege; reneges; reneged; reneged; reneging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reneges.
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