renege
verb
[ rɪˈneɪɡ ]
• go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract.
• "they have reneged on their promises to us"
Similar:
default on,
fail to honour,
go back on,
break,
back out of,
pull out of,
withdraw from,
retreat from,
welsh on,
backtrack on,
repudiate,
retract,
go back on one's word,
break one's word,
break one's promise,
do an about-face,
cop out of,
rat on,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘desert’): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare ‘deny’.
