Today’s “Word of the Day” is welch on and it is a phrasal verb meaning “fail to honour (promises), fail to keep a promise; break one’s word; fail to pay a debt; fail to do something that you have promised, agreed upon, or committed to do (as a part of a deal/agreement)”.
Example Sentence: In 1994, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum with Russia, the U.S., and the United Kingdom. According to the Memorandum, these three veto-holding permanent members of the UNSC agreed to respect the “independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and existing borders of Ukraine”. But Russia has now welched on this treaty commitment since March 2014 when it annexed a part of Ukraine, viz., Crimea..
This word is present in The Hindu article India’s stand on the Ukraine war is tragic and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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