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renege
verb as in go back on one's word
Example Sentences
Liverpool couldn't envisage what was about to happen, however, as Palace effectively reneged on an agreement to sell, because of difficulty in signing an experienced replacement.
No one wants to think about the millions of laboratory rodents and the thousands of macaques and other primates that will be euthanized because the government has reneged on their support.
A week earlier, 24 states had filed suit against the administration for reneging on already appropriated education funding.
At the time he promised to hold elections the following year - but has since reneged, in a blow to efforts to restore multi-party rule in the West African state.
He reneged on the U.S. government’s pledge to fund vaccinations for the world’s poorest kids.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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