The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RENEGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RENEGE
- Degenerate holding back default
- What degenerate keeps back to break an agreement
- Default version of green energy
- Withdraw from the general uprising
- Don’t follow suit — change to green energy
- Welsh, for example, Frenchman’s acquired
- Renounce Frenchman, say, on the way up
- In retreat the general offers to withdraw
- Go back on promise arising in naive generosity
- Renounce Frenchman, say, that’s put inside
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The straight part
We know that "Go back on promise" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case go back on promise = renege.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RENEGE mean?
RENEGE verb- To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
- In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
- To deny; to renounce