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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: renegare; RENEGADE

renege

 verb
     
re‧nege [intransitive]
formal

renege on an agreement/deal/promise etc

to not do something you have promised or agreed to do [= go back on]:
They reneged on a pledge to release the hostages.
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