Renege

Verb

 * 1)  To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
 * 2)  In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
 * 3)   To deny; to renounce
 * 1)   To deny; to renounce

Thesaurus
abandon, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back out, backpedal, backwater, beg off, cancel, climb down, countermand, counterorder, crawfish out, cry off, default, defect, degenerate, deny, depart from, desert, disannul, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, do away with, drop out, eat crow, eat humble pie, evacuate, forsake, forswear, go back on, invalidate, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, make void, maroon, nullify, override, overrule, pull out, quit, quit cold, recall, recant, renegade, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resile, retract, reverse, revoke, say goodbye to, set aside, stand down, suspend, swallow, take back, take leave of, throw over, turn against, turn traitor, unsay, vacate, void, waive, welsh, withdraw, write off

Etymology
From renego:, from nego:. Possibly influenced by renegotiate:. See also renegade:.

Translations

 * Dutch: belofte breken
 * Finnish: rikkoa lupaus, syödä sanansa;


 * German: (sein) Wort brechen, nicht Wort halten
 * Russian: изменять свой слово


 * Russian: делать ренонс


 * Finnish:
 * German: verleugnen


 * Russian: отказываться

Anagrams

 * Greene, greene