renegev.

Brit.

/rᵻˈniːɡ/,

/rᵻˈneɪɡ/, U.S.

/rəˈnɛɡ/,

/riˈnɛɡ/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s reneage, 1500s–1600s reneague, 1500s– renege, 1600s reneag, 1600s reneg, 1600s reneigue, 1600s rinege, 1600s rinegue, 1600s– renegue (now nonstandard), 1700s– renig (U.S. regional and nonstandard); English regional (south-western) 1800s reneage, 1800s– reneeg, 1800s– reneg, 1800s– renegue; also Scottish 1900s– reneeg; Irish English 1800s reneague, 1800s– renegue.

β. 1800s– renage (now nonstandard); English regional (south-western) 1800s– renage; also Scottish 1800s renaige, 1900s– renaig; Irish English 1800s ranague, 1800s– renague, 1900s– renage (northern), 1900s– renayge, 1900s– renaygue (northern).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin renegare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin renegare to deny, reject, renounce (9th or 10th cent., earliest in Italian sources) < classical Latin re- re- prefix + negāre negate v. Compare Old Occitan renegar (1149; also renear , reneiar , renejar ), Catalan renegar (13th cent.), Spanish renegar (c1230, earliest in past participle renegado renegado adj.), Portuguese renegar (13th cent.), Italian rinnegare (a1342; also †renegare ), all originally in sense 2a. Since the Old Occitan verb is very frequent in the works of the troubadours, it is possible that post-classical Latin renegare may show a calque on one or more of the vernacular Romance verbs (implying earlier currency of those verbs), rather than a formation within Latin. Compare earlier renay v., and also earlier renegate n.

†1. transitive. To refuse, decline. Chiefly with infinitive as object. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)]

warnc897

willeOE

forbidc1000

warnc1000

willOE

asake1250

withsay1297

gainsayc1330

recusea1387

naitc1390

to say naya1393

again-say?a1400

denyc1400

withnayc1400

biwern1413

refuse?1435

resist1539

detrect1542

renege1545

detract1572

waive1642

declinea1691

nay-say1762

nay-saya1774

nix1903

off1908

ixnay1937

1545 E. Walshe Office & Duety Fighting for Countrey sig. B.ii^v Who so euer offendeth in ye like trespas..renegeth for euer to runne in the race of honour.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Too liue now longer, Troy burnt, hee flatlye reneaged [L. abnegat].

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §13 21 The Author will needs have..the good King at the head of them by his Reneguing to become the Guarantee.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 207 Our Postillion, with the thorough Consent of his Horses, renegued going farther.

1866 P. Kennedy Legendary Fictions of Irish Celts 29 How shabby it would look to reneague the adventure.

a. transitive. To renounce, abandon, or deny; spec. to abandon, become an apostate to (one's faith). Now somewhat archaic.With personal object, now chiefly Irish English.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > renounce (God or Christ) [verb (transitive)]

withsayc960

forsake toa1225

renayc1300

to fall from ——c1350

refusec1350

to fall awayc1384

renege1548

revolt1673

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person

withsayc960

forsakec1175

renayc1300

waive1303

to waive from1303

allayc1330

to fall from ——c1350

relinquish1454

forlesec1460

to give over1477

missake1481

return1483

guerpe1484

abrenounce1537

to turn the back uponc1540

renege1548

forspeak1565

recant1567

reject1574

abnegate1616

abrenunciate1618

derelinque1623

ejurate1623

to give one the backa1624

derelinquisha1631

ejure1642

delinquish1645

desert1654

deviate1757

to give up1970

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 12 Reneague thou and forsake Christ.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas iii. 46 That not only he reneged his obedience in this particular action, but changed the whole trade of his life.

1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 62 To blaspheme, and reneage, or denie God.

1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxiii. 7 Those of this reformed Religion, who will not reneague it.

1691 W. Nicholls Answer Naked Gospel 52 Even by those who in other things reneg its Authority.

1705 G. Hickes Several Lett. vii. 138 You would have interposed here, and asked the unreformed Monk, if he thought the Cistercians..had renounced their Vow, and reneged their Order.

1783 J. Shebbeare Pole-cat 6 I thence inferred that he had reneged his country and smuggled his religion.

1817 S. T. Coleridge in Ess. Own Times (1850) III. 957 He himself retains the opinions and principles which the other had reneged.

1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely (1868) 239 Though he had deserted her and reneged the situation of spiritual guide and teacher.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 316 We fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites and they betrayed us.

1948 J. O'Neill Black Shore (2000) ix. 77 A Catholic who reneged his faith!

2000 B. Caine & G. Sluga Gendering European Hist. (2004) vi. 164 Most nation-states had laws which forced women who married ‘foreigners’ to renege their nationality and assume that of their husbands.

†b. transitive. To withdraw or retract (a former statement). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1390

replyc1425

renounce1446

renayc1450

unsay1483

manswear1502

to let loose1530

to call back1533

recant1534

retract1538

unswear1591

unwish1591

swallow1597

to take back1599

retractate1600

reclaim1615

unspeak1615

recede1655

renege1679

unnotify1738

unpronounce1745

withdraw1793

palinode1892

1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 29 He would spend his dearest blood before he would renege one Syllable.

1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. v. 255 ‘I never have been in this district before,’ was the reply. ‘Haven't you, Sir? then I renage my remark, and requist your honor's pardon.’

†a. intransitive. To deny a charge or accusation that one has done something; to make a denial. Also transitive with that-clause as object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (intransitive)]

atsakec1000

nick?c1225

renege1548

nay-saya1800

disclaima1817

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxii. 167^v Whyle Petur reneagueth, while he sweareth naie,..the cocke crewe the secounde tyme.

1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Bladud f. 45 Shall I renege I made them then? Shall I denye my cunning founde?

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 76 Such smiling roges as these..Reneag, affirme, and turne their halcion beakes With euery gale and varie of their maisters.

1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger i. 14 But if he reneages..and is forc'd to answer, that he bows to nothing; then beg him for a Fool.

b. intransitive. To renounce one's faith; to commit apostasy. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > be or become apostate [verb (intransitive)]

renayc1300

to go backward1382

to fall awayc1384

to stand behindc1475

to turn (one's) tippet1546

relapse1563

backslide1581

apostate1596

apostatize1611

renegade1611

apostasize1696

renegado1731

renege1744

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 126 The Turks give all the kindest Invitations, that can be, to Christians to renegue, and become Turks.

1983 F. Warner Moving Refl. ii. x. 50 Everyone Who has disowned him, or reneged, will burn In everlasting punishment of fire.

4. intransitive. Frequently with on.

a. Chiefly U.S. To change one's mind; to go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract.Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

starta1450

fang1522

recidivate1528

to draw back1572

flinch1578

to shrink collar1579

retract1616

to shrink out of the collar1636

renege1651

to fly off1667

to slip (the) collarc1677

to declare off1749

to cry off1775

to back out1807

to fight off1833

crawfish1848

welsh1871

to pull out1884

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)]

to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290

to break dayc1300

faithc1410

swerve1527

to break touch1594

jeofail1599

recant1599

recede1648

discede1650

renege1651

shab1699

shaffle1781

weasel1956

1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iv. 49 Monarchs still jealous for small cause Reneage.

1784 A. Ellicott Diary 24 Nov. in C. V. Mathews Andrew Ellicott (1908) i. 27 The Hussey immediately Reniged and reclaimed the Bed.

1853 Daily Morning Herald (St. Louis, Missouri) 28 June All have bolted, renigged, and gone it helter-skelter, to a man.

1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 153 When the Secretary read out my name all mixed up with the Republic, I felt I was obleged to renig.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 123 It might brace her up and keep her from reneging on the proposition to skip.

1917 H. A. Franck Vagabonding down Andes 32 Hays renigged at the last moment, but I accepted the invitation issued to the ‘general public’.

1951 A. R. Lewis Naval Power & Trade in Mediterranean v. 150 The naval assault was a success, but Hugh reneged on his side of the bargain.

1973 R. Ludlum Matlock Paper v. 43 ‘You're offering me a chance to renege?’ ‘Of course. You're under no obligation to us.’

2004 C. Cobb Ego & Ink ix. 81 Conrad felt that Paul had back-doored him—that Paul had made a promise and reneged on it.

b. regional (chiefly Irish English). To disappoint someone's hopes or expectations by breaking off or going back on a promise; spec. to jilt or break off an engagement to someone.

ΘΚΠ

renege1872

1872 G. J. Whyte-Melville Satanella I. i. 12 If iver she schames with ye, renaging [note refusing] or such like..I'll be ashamed to look a harse..in the face again!

1905 ‘H. McHugh’ Get Next! 75 His intentions are honorable and he wishes to prove them so by shooting his lady love if she renigs when he makes a play for her hand.

1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 74 Bless us now, for I swear to God I'll wed him, and I'll not renege.

1918 in F. A. Pottle Stretchers (1929) x. 268 To make a long story short, he renigged on me. I wouldn't go alone, and so I had to stay.

1989 B. Roche Handful of Stars ii. i, in K. Harwood First Run 233 You renege on that little girl, boy, and Bandy Whelan will have your guts for garters.

5. intransitive. Cards. In bridge, whist, and similar games: to refuse or fail to follow suit. Also figurative.Generally considered foul play and synonymous with revoke, but distinguished from revoke in some games by being permissible in certain circumstances.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > renegue

revoke1592

renounce1656

renege1674

nig1829

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester x. 87 You are bound to follow suit, and if you renounce or renege, you lose the whole Game.

1802 Port Folio 7 Aug. 245/1 The first consul has led the card of his choice and Holland dare not renege to his suit.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 2/1 At games of cards renege (spelled renague in Ireland) is almost always used instead of revoke, and bears the same meaning.

1946 C. C. Plaat Better your Bridge 2 To renege in a suit is a dead loss.

1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games 186 It became customary for the holder of Pam to withhold it from the trick, being allowed to renege if necessary.

1999 D. Morrissey Kit's Law ii. 27 ‘I can renege,’ said Mrs. Ropson, clutching her cards tighter to her bosom as Nan pulled her chair back in.

6. transitive. regional (chiefly Irish English). To jilt; (also) to break off social relations with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

runOE

withdraw1340

waivec1386

to pass from (also of, fro)c1449

recoil1481

to go back1530

recant1585

resile1641

shirk1778

renegea1849

slink1853

welsh1870

to throw over1891

a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 64 Amn't I to undherstand that..Peggy is goin' to ranague you for Micky Gorman?

1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Reneeg, renegue, to back out of an engagement, to jilt.

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 231/1 Does Miss D. ever come amongst you now? No, she's renaygued us altogether.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 275/1 Renegue,..jilt (a person), stop visiting, break off with (an acquaintance).

Derivatives

reˈneging n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction

renayinga1400

retractionc1405

revocationa1428

recanting1534

recantation?1544

retractation1547

retract1553

renegation1581

reneging1632

revoking1646

unsaying1647

misowning1661

unwishing1699

unswearinga1822

withdrawal1836

1632 J. Featley Honor of Chastity 11 Correct the fury of it by a pious reneaguing.

1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) x. 82 Reneging or renouncing, that is, not following suit when you have it in your hand, is very foul play.

1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 277 This privilege of reneging is confined to the three highest trumps.

1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxv There was no Prime Minister to whom such renagueing or trafficking would ever have occurred.

1997 J. E. Cohen Presidential Responsiveness & Public Policy-making viii. 216 Most glaring was his reneging of his 1988 presidential election campaign pledge of ‘no new taxes’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	renege
释义	renegen. Brit. /rᵻˈniːɡ/, /rᵻˈneɪɡ/, U.S. /rəˈnɛɡ/, /riˈnɛɡ/ Forms: 1600s reneg, 1800s– renege, 1900s– renage (Irish English (northern)), 1900s– reneeg (English regional (south-western)), 1900s– renegue (Irish English (northern)). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: renege v. Etymology: Apparently < renege v. (although the relevant sense renege v. 5 is first attested later). Cards. rare before late 19th cent. In bridge, whist, and similar games: a failure to follow suit; (now) spec. = revoke n. 2. Cf. renege v. 5, renounce n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > reneguing renege1654 revoke1709 renounce?1720 revoking1746 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ix. 235 Now they are for their Tibs who had plaid faire, and made never a Reneg all the time. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 622 Renege, failure to follow suit, having none... Revoke, failure to follow suit when able to do so, as distinguished from a renounce or renege. 1904 F. T. Elworthy in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 87/2 Darn'd if that idn a reneeg. 1949 J. Scarne Scarne on Cards xxxi. 341 If a player insists that a renege has been committed he may ask to examine any cards he or any other player has won in tricks. 1997 D. Roberson Winning 42 (2004) xi. 74 You find out several tricks too late that a player did not follow suit earlier in the hand. This is called a ‘renege’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). renegev. Brit. /rᵻˈniːɡ/, /rᵻˈneɪɡ/, U.S. /rəˈnɛɡ/, /riˈnɛɡ/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s reneage, 1500s–1600s reneague, 1500s– renege, 1600s reneag, 1600s reneg, 1600s reneigue, 1600s rinege, 1600s rinegue, 1600s– renegue (now nonstandard), 1700s– renig (U.S. regional and nonstandard); English regional (south-western) 1800s reneage, 1800s– reneeg, 1800s– reneg, 1800s– renegue; also Scottish 1900s– reneeg; Irish English 1800s reneague, 1800s– renegue. β. 1800s– renage (now nonstandard); English regional (south-western) 1800s– renage; also Scottish 1800s renaige, 1900s– renaig; Irish English 1800s ranague, 1800s– renague, 1900s– renage (northern), 1900s– renayge, 1900s– renaygue (northern). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin renegare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin renegare to deny, reject, renounce (9th or 10th cent., earliest in Italian sources) < classical Latin re- re- prefix + negāre negate v. Compare Old Occitan renegar (1149; also renear , reneiar , renejar ), Catalan renegar (13th cent.), Spanish renegar (c1230, earliest in past participle renegado renegado adj.), Portuguese renegar (13th cent.), Italian rinnegare (a1342; also †renegare ), all originally in sense 2a. Since the Old Occitan verb is very frequent in the works of the troubadours, it is possible that post-classical Latin renegare may show a calque on one or more of the vernacular Romance verbs (implying earlier currency of those verbs), rather than a formation within Latin. Compare earlier renay v., and also earlier renegate n. †1. transitive. To refuse, decline. Chiefly with infinitive as object. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] warnc897 willeOE forbidc1000 warnc1000 willOE asake1250 withsay1297 gainsayc1330 recusea1387 naitc1390 to say naya1393 again-say?a1400 denyc1400 withnayc1400 biwern1413 refuse?1435 resist1539 detrect1542 renege1545 detract1572 waive1642 declinea1691 nay-say1762 nay-saya1774 nix1903 off1908 ixnay1937 1545 E. Walshe Office & Duety Fighting for Countrey sig. B.ii^v Who so euer offendeth in ye like trespas..renegeth for euer to runne in the race of honour. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Too liue now longer, Troy burnt, hee flatlye reneaged [L. abnegat]. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §13 21 The Author will needs have..the good King at the head of them by his Reneguing to become the Guarantee. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 207 Our Postillion, with the thorough Consent of his Horses, renegued going farther. 1866 P. Kennedy Legendary Fictions of Irish Celts 29 How shabby it would look to reneague the adventure. 2. a. transitive. To renounce, abandon, or deny; spec. to abandon, become an apostate to (one's faith). Now somewhat archaic.With personal object, now chiefly Irish English. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > renounce (God or Christ) [verb (transitive)] withsayc960 forsake toa1225 renayc1300 to fall from ——c1350 refusec1350 to fall awayc1384 renege1548 revolt1673 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person withsayc960 forsakec1175 renayc1300 waive1303 to waive from1303 allayc1330 to fall from ——c1350 relinquish1454 forlesec1460 to give over1477 missake1481 return1483 guerpe1484 abrenounce1537 to turn the back uponc1540 renege1548 forspeak1565 recant1567 reject1574 abnegate1616 abrenunciate1618 derelinque1623 ejurate1623 to give one the backa1624 derelinquisha1631 ejure1642 delinquish1645 desert1654 deviate1757 to give up1970 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 12 Reneague thou and forsake Christ. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas iii. 46 That not only he reneged his obedience in this particular action, but changed the whole trade of his life. 1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 62 To blaspheme, and reneage, or denie God. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxiii. 7 Those of this reformed Religion, who will not reneague it. 1691 W. Nicholls Answer Naked Gospel 52 Even by those who in other things reneg its Authority. 1705 G. Hickes Several Lett. vii. 138 You would have interposed here, and asked the unreformed Monk, if he thought the Cistercians..had renounced their Vow, and reneged their Order. 1783 J. Shebbeare Pole-cat 6 I thence inferred that he had reneged his country and smuggled his religion. 1817 S. T. Coleridge in Ess. Own Times (1850) III. 957 He himself retains the opinions and principles which the other had reneged. 1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely (1868) 239 Though he had deserted her and reneged the situation of spiritual guide and teacher. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 316 We fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites and they betrayed us. 1948 J. O'Neill Black Shore (2000) ix. 77 A Catholic who reneged his faith! 2000 B. Caine & G. Sluga Gendering European Hist. (2004) vi. 164 Most nation-states had laws which forced women who married ‘foreigners’ to renege their nationality and assume that of their husbands. †b. transitive. To withdraw or retract (a former statement). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 29 He would spend his dearest blood before he would renege one Syllable. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. v. 255 ‘I never have been in this district before,’ was the reply. ‘Haven't you, Sir? then I renage my remark, and requist your honor's pardon.’ 3. †a. intransitive. To deny a charge or accusation that one has done something; to make a denial. Also transitive with that-clause as object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (intransitive)] atsakec1000 nick?c1225 renege1548 nay-saya1800 disclaima1817 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxii. 167^v Whyle Petur reneagueth, while he sweareth naie,..the cocke crewe the secounde tyme. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Bladud f. 45 Shall I renege I made them then? Shall I denye my cunning founde? 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 76 Such smiling roges as these..Reneag, affirme, and turne their halcion beakes With euery gale and varie of their maisters. View more context for this quotation 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger i. 14 But if he reneages..and is forc'd to answer, that he bows to nothing; then beg him for a Fool. b. intransitive. To renounce one's faith; to commit apostasy. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > be or become apostate [verb (intransitive)] renayc1300 to go backward1382 to fall awayc1384 to stand behindc1475 to turn (one's) tippet1546 relapse1563 backslide1581 apostate1596 apostatize1611 renegade1611 apostasize1696 renegado1731 renege1744 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 126 The Turks give all the kindest Invitations, that can be, to Christians to renegue, and become Turks. 1983 F. Warner Moving Refl. ii. x. 50 Everyone Who has disowned him, or reneged, will burn In everlasting punishment of fire. 4. intransitive. Frequently with on. a. Chiefly U.S. To change one's mind; to go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)] to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290 to break dayc1300 faithc1410 swerve1527 to break touch1594 jeofail1599 recant1599 recede1648 discede1650 renege1651 shab1699 shaffle1781 weasel1956 1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iv. 49 Monarchs still jealous for small cause Reneage. 1784 A. Ellicott Diary 24 Nov. in C. V. Mathews Andrew Ellicott (1908) i. 27 The Hussey immediately Reniged and reclaimed the Bed. 1853 Daily Morning Herald (St. Louis, Missouri) 28 June All have bolted, renigged, and gone it helter-skelter, to a man. 1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 153 When the Secretary read out my name all mixed up with the Republic, I felt I was obleged to renig. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 123 It might brace her up and keep her from reneging on the proposition to skip. 1917 H. A. Franck Vagabonding down Andes 32 Hays renigged at the last moment, but I accepted the invitation issued to the ‘general public’. 1951 A. R. Lewis Naval Power & Trade in Mediterranean v. 150 The naval assault was a success, but Hugh reneged on his side of the bargain. 1973 R. Ludlum Matlock Paper v. 43 ‘You're offering me a chance to renege?’ ‘Of course. You're under no obligation to us.’ 2004 C. Cobb Ego & Ink ix. 81 Conrad felt that Paul had back-doored him—that Paul had made a promise and reneged on it. b. regional (chiefly Irish English). To disappoint someone's hopes or expectations by breaking off or going back on a promise; spec. to jilt or break off an engagement to someone. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise > back out of something or jilt renege1872 1872 G. J. Whyte-Melville Satanella I. i. 12 If iver she schames with ye, renaging [note refusing] or such like..I'll be ashamed to look a harse..in the face again! 1905 ‘H. McHugh’ Get Next! 75 His intentions are honorable and he wishes to prove them so by shooting his lady love if she renigs when he makes a play for her hand. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 74 Bless us now, for I swear to God I'll wed him, and I'll not renege. 1918 in F. A. Pottle Stretchers (1929) x. 268 To make a long story short, he renigged on me. I wouldn't go alone, and so I had to stay. 1989 B. Roche Handful of Stars ii. i, in K. Harwood First Run 233 You renege on that little girl, boy, and Bandy Whelan will have your guts for garters. 5. intransitive. Cards. In bridge, whist, and similar games: to refuse or fail to follow suit. Also figurative.Generally considered foul play and synonymous with revoke, but distinguished from revoke in some games by being permissible in certain circumstances. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > renegue revoke1592 renounce1656 renege1674 nig1829 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester x. 87 You are bound to follow suit, and if you renounce or renege, you lose the whole Game. 1802 Port Folio 7 Aug. 245/1 The first consul has led the card of his choice and Holland dare not renege to his suit. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 2/1 At games of cards renege (spelled renague in Ireland) is almost always used instead of revoke, and bears the same meaning. 1946 C. C. Plaat Better your Bridge 2 To renege in a suit is a dead loss. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games 186 It became customary for the holder of Pam to withhold it from the trick, being allowed to renege if necessary. 1999 D. Morrissey Kit's Law ii. 27 ‘I can renege,’ said Mrs. Ropson, clutching her cards tighter to her bosom as Nan pulled her chair back in. 6. transitive. regional (chiefly Irish English). To jilt; (also) to break off social relations with. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise runOE withdraw1340 waivec1386 to pass from (also of, fro)c1449 recoil1481 to go back1530 recant1585 resile1641 shirk1778 renegea1849 slink1853 welsh1870 to throw over1891 a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 64 Amn't I to undherstand that..Peggy is goin' to ranague you for Micky Gorman? 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Reneeg, renegue, to back out of an engagement, to jilt. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 231/1 Does Miss D. ever come amongst you now? No, she's renaygued us altogether. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 275/1 Renegue,..jilt (a person), stop visiting, break off with (an acquaintance). Derivatives reˈneging n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction renayinga1400 retractionc1405 revocationa1428 recanting1534 recantation?1544 retractation1547 retract1553 renegation1581 reneging1632 revoking1646 unsaying1647 misowning1661 unwishing1699 unswearinga1822 withdrawal1836 1632 J. Featley Honor of Chastity 11 Correct the fury of it by a pious reneaguing. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) x. 82 Reneging or renouncing, that is, not following suit when you have it in your hand, is very foul play. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 277 This privilege of reneging is confined to the three highest trumps. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxv There was no Prime Minister to whom such renagueing or trafficking would ever have occurred. 1997 J. E. Cohen Presidential Responsiveness & Public Policy-making viii. 216 Most glaring was his reneging of his 1988 presidential election campaign pledge of ‘no new taxes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1654v.1545
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