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APOSTATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Synonyms:

apostate; deserter; ratter; recreant; renegade; turncoat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("apostate" is a kind of...):

quitter (a person who gives up too easily)

Derivation:

apostate (not faithful to religion or party or cause)

apostatise; apostatize (abandon one's beliefs or allegiances)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Not faithful to religion or party or cause

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfaithful (not true to duty or obligation or promises)

Derivation:

apostate (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)

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