different between renege vs forgo

English

Alternative forms

• re-nig, renegue

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reneg?, from neg? (“I deny”). Possibly influenced by renegotiate. See also renegade.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???n(e)??/, /???ni??/, /?i??n??/, /?i??n(e)??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ne??/, /???ni??/
• ,

Verb

renege (third-person singular simple present reneges, present participle reneging, simple past and past participle reneged)

1. (intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
2. (intransitive) In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
3. (transitive, archaic) To deny; to renounce

   • His captaines heart,
     Which in the ?cuffles of great fights hath bur?t
     The Buckles on his brea?t, reneages all temper,
     And is become the bellowes and the Fan
     To coole a Gyp?ies Lu?t.

   • 1608, Josuah Sylvester, The Sepmaines of Du Bartas

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

Related terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “renege”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Greene, greene

English

Alternative forms

• forego (proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forg?n (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- +? go.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f????o?/

Verb

forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent, past participle forgone) (transitive)

1. To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
2. To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
   • 1986, New York Magazine (volume 19, number 49, page 20)

     You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.

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

Quotations

Usage notes

Not to be confused with forego (“go before”), though forego (“do without”) is also sometimes used as an alternative spelling of forgo.

Translations

References

• forgo in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• forgo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• go for