renig

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verb

To renege.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

verbrenig (third-person singular simple present renigs, present participle renigging, simple past and past participle renigged)

present singular third person renigs · participle present renigging · participle past renigged · past renigged

  1. UScolloquialdatedTo renege.

    […] but so far the girls have at the fatal moment renigged.

    1916, Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly, volume 15, number 2, page 41
    2 more examples

    My partner held the winning trick, and when the last card was on the board the score stood four to four. […] [T]he next gentleman will kindly follow suit — there is no renigging in this game — and the gentleman on my right will do the same.

    1897, Munsey's Magazine, volume 16, page 559

    […] cutting, shuffling, playing, revoking, discarding, renigging.

    1900, William Hardcastle Browne, Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs

Origin

Originally a misspelling of renege.

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APA

renig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renig

MLA

“renig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renig. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renig,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renig.

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