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The word of the day is ‘renege’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is reneged.
It means:
1. Go back on one’s word
2. Renounce or abandon
3. Go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract
4. To revoke
1. It occurred to him that he could agree now to join forces with Charles, then go back to Gobignon and renege on his promise.
2. I treated them two or three times and never once did they renege.
3. The government had reneged on its election promises.
4. There’s one of them, anyhow, that didn’t renege him
5. Since Erica lied about who she was meeting, her mother had to renege on her promise to drop her off at the mall.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
default, reverse, welsh, break one’s promise, cop-out, weasel out, fail to honour, go back on, break, back out of, pull out of, withdraw from, retreat from, backtrack on, repudiate, retract, break one’s word, do an about-face, rat on, deny, revoke, disavow, recant, abjure, abrogate, forswear, repeal, nullify, rescind, cancel, invalidate, unsay etc.
keep, honour, fulfil, support, acknowledge, pass the hat, give eye teeth, return fire, blow your own horn, make a promise to, accept
Quotation:
Claiming that Social Security benefits are safe may sound naive, but my view is actually quite cynical. I believe that as long as the elderly continue to vote in large numbers, no Congress will renege on promised payouts for those already eligible to receive benefits.
Richard Thaler
Social Example:
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