Renege

June 2nd, 2009 by admin

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  1. Janet Morrison:

    December 4th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    I’m more familiar with renege in the card playing sense – to fail to follow suit when you actually have a card of the required suit. I don’t think I’ve ever done this in bridge, but I’ve been caught in euchre a couple of times, when I forget that the jack of hearts is actually a diamond, say. Very tricky!

  2. Heretic’s Foundation VIII: Seeing Beneath Twelfth Night « Clyde Fitch Report:

    July 24th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    […] — an epistle — that causes him to give up his Christian faith and become a heathen “Yond gull Malvolio is turned heathen, a very renegado” (III.iii.66-7), renegado meaning a deserter of Christianity. Malvolio, whose name in Italian […]

  3. Melissa:

    August 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    Is it even correct to use the word ‘renege’ as a verb. If someone was to renege on a bet…..is that person a reneger? Is that a valid word in the English language?

  4. Melissa:

    August 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    Sorry…let me phrase this better”
    Is it ever correct to use the word ‘renege’ as a NOUN? If someone was to renege on a bet…..is that person a reneger? Is that a valid word in the English language?

  5. una holden-cosgrove:

    September 21st, 2009 at 4:38 am

    The last 2 questions above are mine too. I want to use a noun to tell someone that he is reneging and call him a(reneger) but there HAS to be another word than reneger – it sounds so much more feeble than the verb

  6. Pierce:

    September 24th, 2009 at 12:47 am

    C’mon people…are you trying to figure out a way to say something that most likely would offend or piss someone off, hiding behind the literal, grammatical meaning of a word as a defense?

    Please, regardless of what definition or proper saying of the word “reneging” or whatever in spelling, you may use if for a while, but eventually get into a situation you may wish you hadn’t gotten into in the first place.

    Know what you say and understand what else that comes with it in after…

    -pierce

  7. Dianna:

    January 5th, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    I am suspecting that the word “renege” probably comes from renegotiate.

  8. simon:

    May 25th, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    I read a long time ago that the word renege came from a guy in the 20’s who pulled out of a deal with the u.s. gov

  9. Anthony M:

    February 8th, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    “Renege” is not an uncommon expression. It is used in the sense of going back on one’s promise. It is common in the context of contractual issue and in playing bridge.

  10. Gamine:

    April 13th, 2017 at 8:58 pm

    I’m with Dianna in suspecting that ‘renege’ is related to, or originates from, ‘renegotiate’.

  11. Francisco C Mendez Jimenez:

    October 12th, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    This word was used on the POTUS-elect TRUMP. He promised not to use a copyrighted song in his campaign but did so. Is there a breach of contract between POTUS and the estate to which the copyrighted music belongs? They are not happy at all.

  12. Darrell Turner:

    December 23rd, 2019 at 4:52 pm

    I’m wondering about the spelling of this word. I have a Shorter Oxford dictionary from 1973 that I use for crosswords that originate in the United Kingdom. The spelling for this word, according to this dictionary, is renegue. “Renege” is not listed. I’ve noticed Google (which is becoming increasingly useless as a search engine) does not find or recognise renegue as a legitimate spelling. Which is correct, renege or renegue? and when did the convention change?

  13. Nitemere:

    October 5th, 2020 at 10:15 am

    I have had one person who reneged on something on Ebay. I hope that is not commonplace there. I do have a bunch of freeway gawkers looking at the items I want to sell. I guess people think things on eBay are for sale pennies on the dollar!!

  14. Lynn Edwards:

    January 31st, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    I was thrilled that you confirmed the renegue spelling which is how I have always spelled it. This isn’t the pandemic or the economy, linguistics is a hobby.

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