how to pronounce renege

/ɹɪˈnɛɪɡ/

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renege is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of renege in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… went on to renege on a lot of its …”

meanings of renege

verb:

In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
To deny; to renounce.
To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.

renege frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word renege occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics renege can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that renege can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;