renegade |
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| 1. | [ noun ] someone who rebels and becomes and outlaw | |
| Synonyms: | turncoat | |
| Related terms: | deserter rebel | |
| 2. | [ verb ] break with established customs | |
| Synonyms: | rebel | |
| Related terms: | protest | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having deserted a cause or principle | |
| Synonyms: | recreant | |
| Examples: | "some provinces had proved recreant" "renegade supporters of the usurper" |
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| Related terms: | disloyal | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | |
| Synonyms: | apostate recreant ratter turncoat deserter | |
| Related terms: | quitter abandon denounce rat apostatize | |
| Similar spelling: |
remicade |
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