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   renegade

   /ˈrɛnɪɡeɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles: "an agent who later turns out to be a renegade"
   • ▪ a person who abandons religion; an apostate: "renegades and Deserters of Heaven, who renounce their God for the Favour of Man"
   • ▪ a person who behaves in a rebelliously unconventional manner: "he was a renegade and social malcontent"

   adjective

   • 1. having treacherously changed allegiance: "a renegade bodyguard"
   • ▪ having abandoned one's religious beliefs: "a renegade monk"

   verb

   • 1. become a renegade: archaic "Johnson had renegaded from the Confederacy"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Spanish renegado, from medieval Latin renegatus ‘renounced’, past participle (used as a noun) of renegare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin negare ‘deny’.

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