[やくそくやぶる, yakusokuyaburu] (exp, v5r) (See 約束を破る) to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Renege \Re*nege"\ (r?-n?j" or r?-n?g"), v. t. [LL. renegare. See
{Renegade}.]
To deny; to disown. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged)
Against the truth and thee unholy leagued. --Sylvester.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Renege \Re*nege"\, v. i.
1. To deny. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To fail to keep (a commitment or promise); -- often used
with on; as, to renege on one's promise.
[PJC]
3. (Card Playing) To revoke; to play a card that cannot
legally be played according to the rules. [R.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renege
n 1: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn:
{revoke}, {renege}]
v 1: fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of
her promise" [syn: {renege}, {renege on}, {renegue on}, {go
back on}]
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