Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to renege
Participle: reneged
Gerund: reneging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | renege |
| you | renege |
| he;she;it | reneges |
| we | renege |
| you | renege |
| they | renege |
Perfect
| I | have reneged |
| you | have reneged |
| he;she;it | has reneged |
| we | have reneged |
| you | have reneged |
| they | have reneged |
Past
| I | reneged |
| you | reneged |
| he;she;it | reneged |
| we | reneged |
| you | reneged |
| they | reneged |
Pluperfect
| I | had reneged |
| you | had reneged |
| he;she;it | had reneged |
| we | had reneged |
| you | had reneged |
| they | had reneged |
Future
| I | will renege |
| you | will renege |
| he;she;it | will renege |
| we | will renege |
| you | will renege |
| they | will renege |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reneged |
| you | will have reneged |
| he;she;it | will have reneged |
| we | will have reneged |
| you | will have reneged |
| they | will have reneged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | renege |
| you | renege |
| he;she;it | renege |
| we | renege |
| you | renege |
| they | renege |
Perfect
| I | have reneged |
| you | have reneged |
| he;she;it | have reneged |
| we | have reneged |
| you | have reneged |
| they | have reneged |
Imperfect
| I | reneged |
| you | reneged |
| he;she;it | reneged |
| we | reneged |
| you | reneged |
| they | reneged |
Pluperfect
| I | had reneged |
| you | had reneged |
| he;she;it | had reneged |
| we | had reneged |
| you | had reneged |
| they | had reneged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would renege |
| you | would renege |
| he;she;it | would renege |
| we | would renege |
| you | would renege |
| they | would renege |
Perfect
| I | would have reneged |
| you | would have reneged |
| he;she;it | would have reneged |
| we | would have reneged |
| you | would have reneged |
| they | would have reneged |
Imperative
| you | renege |
| we | Let's renege |
| you | renege |
Verbs conjugated like 'renege'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'renege'
renegue,
reneye,
beneme,
menge,
range,
recede,
reeve,
refuge,
remerge,
rename,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin renegō, from negō (“to deny”). Possibly influenced by renegotiate. Doublet of renay. See also renegade. See: Latin '
renegō'.
Sample Sentences
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Previously I promised not to proselytize miserism, but now I want to renege a little on that promise. If your family income is anywhere near average, you can scrimp and save and cut back for maybe two to four years […] [2010, Dolly Freed, Possum Living, page 149:]
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Clattenburg awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he reneged after realising that the linesman had flagged Crouch offside in the build-up. [2011 February 5, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, in BBC:]
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His captaines heart, / Which in the ſcuffles of great fights hath burſt / The Buckles on his breaſt, reneages all temper, / And is become the bellowes and the Fan / To coole a Gypſies Luſt. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
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All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) / Against the truth and thee unholy leagued. [1608, Josuah Sylvester, The Sepmaines of Du Bartas:]