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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|reneague|reneg|re-nig|renegue}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁eǵ-}}
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|renegō}}, from {{m|la|negō||I deny}}. Possibly influenced by {{m|en|renegotiate}}. {{doublet|en|renay}}. See also {{m|en|renegade}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɹɪˈnɛɡ/|/ɹɪˈnɪɡ/|/ɹɪˈneɪɡ/|/ɹiː-/|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɹɪˈneɪɡ/|/ɹɪˈniːɡ/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-renege.ogg|a=US}}, {{audio|en|en-us-renege2.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛɡ|q1=US|ɪɡ|q2=US|eɪɡ|iːɡ|q4=Received Pronunciation|s=2}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[break]] a [[promise]] or [[commitment]]; to [[go back on]] one's [[word]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Dolly Freed|title=Possum Living|page=149
|passage=Previously I promised not to proselytize miserism, but now I want to '''renege''' a little on that promise. If your family income is anywhere near average, you can scrimp and save and cut back for maybe two to four years {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=February 5, 2011|author=Michael Kevin Darling| title=Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton| work=BBC| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9382905.stm| passage={{w|Mark Clattenburg|Clattenburg}} awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he '''reneged''' after realising that the linesman had flagged {{w|Peter Crouch|Crouch}} offside in the build-up.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} In a [[card game]], to break one's commitment to [[follow suit]] when capable.
# {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[deny]]; to [[renounce]]
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra|I|i|passage=His captaines heart, / Which in the ſcuffles of great fights hath burſt / The Buckles on his breaſt, '''reneages''' all temper, / And is become the bellowes and the Fan / To coole a Gypſies Luſt.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1608|author=w:Josuah Sylvester|title=The Sepmaines of Du Bartas
|passage=All Europe high (all sorts of rights '''reneged''') / Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|en
|[[negate]] {{q|and its [[negate#Related_terms|related terms]]}}
|abnegate
|neglect
|negative
|negotiate
|négligée
|renegade
|renegation}}
{{rootsee|en|ine|h₁eǵ}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|break a promise or commitment}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|не изпълнявам обещание}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|食言}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|belofte breken}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rikkoa lupaus}}, {{t+|fi|syödä sanansa}}; {{t+|fi|pettää}}
* French: {{t|fr|manquer à la parole}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|botarse atrás}}, {{t+|gl|volverse atrás}}
* German: {{t|de|([[sein]]) [[Wort brechen]]}}, {{t|de|[[nicht]] [[Wort halten]]}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αθετώ}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|ἀθετέω}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|어기다}}, {{t|ko|파기하다}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|جا زدن|tr=jâ zadan}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|złamać słowo|pf}}, {{t|pl|łamać słowo|s|impf}}, {{t|pl|łamać słowa|p|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|faltar com a palavra}}, {{t|pt|voltar atrás}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[изменя́ть]] [[свой|своему́]] [[слово|сло́ву]]}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|[[прекр́шити]] [[рије̑ч]]}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|[[prekŕšiti]] [[rijȇč]]}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|faltar a la palabra}}, {{t|es|faltar a su palabra}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|[[torri]] [[gair]]}}, {{t|cy|[[torri]] [[addewid]]}}
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{{trans-top|card games: fail to follow suit when capable}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|правя ривок}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verzaken}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|renunciar}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[де́лать]] [[рено́нс]]}}
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{{trans-top|deny, renounce}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verloochenen}}, {{t+|nl|afzweren}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kieltää}}
* German: {{t+|de|verleugnen}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|renegar}}, {{t+|pt|rejeitar}}, {{t+|pt|renunciar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отка́зываться}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|отка́зати}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|otkázati}}
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===References===
* {{R:Etymonline}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eeegnr|Greene|greene}}