renegade
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renegade
- /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/ UK
- /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/ US
Where it comes from
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege.
noun renegades
- An outlaw or rebel.
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A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Similar: apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat, backstabber, betrayer, cockatrice, double-crosser, quisling, rat, ratter, recreant
verb renegades · renegading · renegaded
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To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
Similar: apostatize, defect, quisle, traitorize, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out, cross out, cross up, double-cross, do someone dirty
adjective more renegade · most renegade
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Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
Similar: faithless, perfidious, ratlike, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, doublehearted
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Unconventional, unorthodox.
Similar: atypical, heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rebel, apostate, turncoat, recreant, deserter, disloyal, insurgent, rebellion, defector, insurgency, dissident, exile, rogue, breakaway, convert, guerrilla
Translations
Every language
noun outlaw or rebel
| Español | renegado, renegada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 変節者 hensetsusha |
| Português | renegado, renegada, rebelde |
| Français | renégat, renégate, rebelle |
| Deutsch | Rebell, Rebellin |
| Italiano | rinnegato, rinnegata |
| Ελληνικά | αντάρτης antártis, αντάρτισσα antártissa, εκτός νόμου ektós nómou |
| Русский | мяте́жник mjatéžnik, изго́й izgój, изгна́нник izgnánnik |
noun disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
| Español | renegado, renegada |
|---|---|
| Português | renegado, renegada, apóstata |
| Français | renégat, renégate |
| Deutsch | Abtrünniger, Abtrünnige, Apostat, Apostatin, Abgefallener, Abgefallene |
| Italiano | reietto, reietta |
| Ελληνικά | εξωμότης exomótis, αποστάτης apostátis, αποστάτισσα apostátissa, αποστάτρια apostátria, αρνησίθρησκος arnisíthriskos |
| Русский | ренега́т renegát, ренега́тка renegátka, преда́тель predátelʹ, преда́тельница predátelʹnica, изме́нник izménnik |
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