break one's promise

English

Verb

break one's promise (third-person singular simple present breaks one's promise, present participle breaking one's promise, simple past broke one's promise, past participle broken one's promise)

1. To break an assurance, bond or commitment one has made.

   Synonyms: go back on one's word, break one's word, renege on one's promise

   Antonyms: keep one's promise, stay true to one's word, be as good as one's word, deliver the goods

Translations

to break one's word

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: խոստում խախտել (xostum xaxtel), խոստում դրժել (xostum držel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食言 (zh) (shíyán)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rikkoa lupauksensa
• French: ne pas tenir sa promesse
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: sein Versprechen brechen / nicht halten
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: łamać obietnicę impf, złamać obietnicę pf
• Romanian: încălca o promisiune
• Russian: нару́шить обеща́ние pf (narúšitʹ obeščánije)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sözünü bozmak, sözünden dönmek, sözünü tutmamak
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “break a promise”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “breach of promise”, in Collins English Dictionary.