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RENEGADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("renegade" is a kind of...):
quitter (a person who gives up too easily)
Derivation:
renegade (having deserted a cause or principle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("renegade" is a kind of...):
defector; deserter (a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post))
Derivation:
renegade (break with established customs)
renegade (having deserted a cause or principle)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having deserted a cause or principle
Example:
renegade supporters of the usurper
Synonyms:
recreant; renegade
Classified under:
Similar:
disloyal (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle)
Derivation:
renegade (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)
renegade (someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Break with established customs
Synonyms:
rebel; renegade
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "renegade" is one way to...):
dissent; protest; resist (express opposition through action or words)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
renegade (someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw)
