One entry found for renege.

Entry Word: renege
Function: verb
Text: to break a promise or agreement <Dad promised to take me out for ice cream on the weekend, only to renege on Saturday morning>
Synonyms back down, back off, cop out
Related Words chicken (out); disavow, recall, recant, retract, take back, withdraw
Phrases go back on
Near Antonyms follow through; fulfill (or fulfil), honor