Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun renege

1 sense of renege

Sense 1
revoke, renege -- (the mistake of not following suit when able to do so)
       => mistake, error, fault -- (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb renege

1 sense of renege

Sense 1
renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on -- (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise")
       => revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")