promise-breaking
Failing your word
Promise-breaking is the act of failing to keep a commitment.
The term emphasizes the violation itself rather than the broken promise: His promise-breaking finally cost him her trust.
Someone who habitually fails to honor commitments might be called a promise-breaker.
Breach of allegiance
- faithlessnessDisloyalty or treachery
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
dishonesty · letdown · disappointment · unfaithfulness · duplicity · bad faith · perfidy · two-faced
Disloyalty to a partner
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- stood upFailed to appear
ghosting · cold feet · runaway bride · divorce · separation · estrangement · reconciliation · forgiveness
Failure to perform agreed duties
- defaultPreset standard option
- violationBreaking of rules
- non-complianceFailure to obey rules
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
damages · lawsuit · legal action · reneging · repudiation · termination · penalty clause · rescission
Sudden change of position
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
- U-turnDirection-reversing driving maneuver
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
spin · walkback · reversal · credibility gap · public trust · manifesto · compromise · pragmatism
disloyalty
Breach of allegiance
- faithlessnessDisloyalty or treachery
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
deceit · dishonesty · letdown · disappointment · unfaithfulness · duplicity · bad faith · perfidy · two-faced · unreliable
infidelity
Disloyalty to a partner
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
stood up · ghosting · cold feet · runaway bride · divorce · separation · estrangement · reconciliation · forgiveness · trust issues
breach of contract
Failure to perform agreed duties
- defaultPreset standard option
- violationBreaking of rules
- non-complianceFailure to obey rules
liability · damages · lawsuit · legal action · reneging · repudiation · termination · penalty clause · rescission · invalidation
flip-flop
Sudden change of position
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
- U-turnDirection-reversing driving maneuver
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
hypocrisy · spin · walkback · reversal · credibility gap · public trust · manifesto · compromise · pragmatism · realpolitik
promise-breakingpromise-keeping
Fulfilling one's pledges
reliability · dependability · faithfulness · follow-through · following through
promise-breakingtrustworthiness
Quality of being reliable
integrity · reliability · dependability · true to one's word · loyalty
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