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Adjective: renegade  'renu`geyd
  1. Having deserted a cause or principle
    "renegade supporters of the usurper"
    - recreant [archaic]
Noun: renegade  'renu`geyd
  1. Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
     
  2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
    - deserter, apostate, turncoat, recreant [archaic], ratter
Verb: renegade  'renu`geyd
  1. Break with established customs
    - rebel

Derived forms: renegaded, renegading, renegades

See also: disloyal

Type of: defector, deserter, dissent, protest, quitter, resist

Encyclopedia: Renegade