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renege (v.)
1540s, "deny, renounce, abandon," from Medieval Latin
renegare
, from Latin
re-
, here probably an intensive prefix, +
negare
"deny" (see
deny
). Meaning "change one's mind" is from 1784. Related:
Reneged
;
reneging
.