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renegate

renegate is the obsolete form of renegade.

Meaning of renegade

Noun

renegade (plural renegades)

  1. An outlaw or rebel.
  2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

See all 5 meanings of renegade

Forms of renegate

pluralrenegates

Questions about renegate

What is renegate the obsolete form of?
Renegate is the obsolete form of renegade.

Words near renegate in the dictionary

  1. renegado
  2. renegadoes
  3. renegados
  4. Renegar
  5. Renegars
  6. renegate
  7. renegates
  8. renegation
  9. renegations
  10. renege
  11. reneged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: renegate (page history and authors); renegade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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