Verb

(reneg)

To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.

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, year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Michael Kevin Darling , title=Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Just before half-time, Clattenburg awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he reneged after realising that the linesman had flagged Crouch offside in the build-up.}}

In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.

(archaic) To deny; to renounce

(Shakespeare)

* Sylvester

All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged ) / Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.

Verb

To let pass, to leave alone

To do without, to abandon

The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.

To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.