reneger

Variant of renege

intransitive verb reneged, reneging

  1. to back out of an agreement; go back on a promise
  2. Card Games to fail to follow suit when required and able to do so

Origin: ML renegare: see renegade

transitive verb

Archaic to deny; renounce

noun

Card Games the act or an instance of reneging

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