Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A form of renege (II., 2).

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  • verb US Alternative spelling of renege.

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Examples

  • It was a challenge that bade him pause, and even look up and down the great room and to the tree-trunked roof far above, and to the flying gallery hung with the spoils of the world, and to Dick Forrest, master of all this material achievement and husband of the woman, playing bridge, just as he worked, with all his heart, his laughter ringing loud as he caught Rita in renig.

    The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London 1916

  • "Well, gentlemen, I got left, but I am stranded on a pleasant shore when my 'renig' sends me to such excellent company and such a bountiful repast."

    Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field Harlan Page Halsey

  • "When Margaret got home, she looked up 'renig' in the dictionary, but it wasn't there.

    Flower of the Dusk Myrtle Reed 1892

  • The good news is that Tate is still contracted to do two more books in the YA series mentioned above (the one I'm working on, and a third,) which means that unless they somehow renig I still have a job until 2011.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010

  • It would be a betrayal beyond comprehension for them to renig on it.

    Think Progress » House approves health care reform by vote of 219-212. 2010

  • Hillary's decision to renig on her pledge isn't exactly shocking to me but I'd have expected better.

    Obama Campaign Calls Florida Primary: It's A Tie! 2009

  • • Eliminates administrative costs of insurance middlemen in 'Denial Management' hired to deny or renig on reimbursements at additional $20 billion annual cost, resulting in 30 percent of U.S. health claims being initially denied, requiring repeat appeals.

    Michele Swenson: Blue Dogs Should Demand CBO Report of Single Payer Savings 2009

  • I renig that whole thing on interring "parts of oneself" a few entries back.

    - dudemanflab 2007

  • "We stand on the eve of another broken promise" said Alger, "everyone completely expects that the City Council will renew the contract with BFI, and the Mayor will renig on his promise to veto such a City Council action."

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • So step up and tell your Home Depot buddies, it is not working out like you thought and you have to renig and stop the Sunland HD from happening.

    Home Depot and the Mayor, etc. 2006

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