To renege
is to go back on your word or fail to keep a promise. Not quite lying, reneging is more a sin of omission — failing to do what you said you would. The Latin negāre means “to deny,” so by reneging on your word, you are denying someone whatever you promised them.
What does it mean to go back on your word?
:
to break one’s promise
I told her I’d help. I can’t go back on my word.
What is a word that means to go against?
synonyms:
breach
, break, infract, offend, transgress, violate. Antonyms: keep, observe.
What is it called when someone doesn’t keep their word?
Such a person is ‘
untrustworthy
‘
What’s another word for opposes?
Some common synonyms of oppose are
combat, resist, and withstand
. While all these words mean “to set oneself against someone or something,” oppose can apply to any conflict, from mere objection to bitter hostility or warfare.
What does it mean to defy someone?
:
to refuse to obey
(something or someone) : to make (something) very difficult or impossible. : to resist or fight (something)
What is the meaning of I never go back on my word?
I never go back on my word =
I always keep my word = I always keep my promise
. An online dictionary says: “go back on (one’s) word”: To not do something one said one would do.
What does stave off mean?
transitive verb. 1 :
to fend off
staving off creditors. 2 : to ward off (something adverse) : forestall trying to stave off disaster. Synonyms More Example Sentences Learn More About stave off.
What’s another word for go back?
| reoccur come back | recrudesce recur | regress relapse | resume retrograde | retrogress revert |
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What do you call a person who always breaks promises?
To renege
is to go back on your word or fail to keep a promise. Not quite lying, reneging is more a sin of omission — failing to do what you said you would.
Is breaking a promise the same as lying?
No
, if you where unable to keep the promise then it really wasn’t a lie as a much as it was a failure to come through in the end, if they had promised with the intent of never being there in the first place then it would have been a lie.
Who said a man is as good as his word?
Quote by
Rodd Thunderheart
: “A man’s only as good as his word.”
What do you call someone who opposes something?
An antagonist
is someone who opposes someone else. … An antagonist is always in opposition, but she isn’t always bad or mean; your opponent on the tennis court, for example, could be called your antagonist, simply because it is her priority to beat you in your tennis game.
What is the opposite of attractive?
attractive. Antonyms:
unattractive, repugnant, repulsive
, uninteresting, disagreeable, unpleasant, deformed, ugly, deterrent, loathsome, forbidding. Synonyms: winning, alluring, tempting, inviting, engaging, captivating, fascinating, enticing, interesting, charming, pleasant, beautiful, agreeable.
What is an act of opposing something?
verb (used with object),
op·posed
, op·pos·ing. to act against or provide resistance to; combat: to vigorously oppose tyranny in every form. to stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct. to set as an opponent or adversary. to be hostile or adverse to, as in opinion: to oppose a resolution in a debate.
What does defy reason mean?
1
to resist
(a powerful person, authority, etc.) openly and boldly. 2 to elude, esp. in a baffling way. his actions defy explanation.
