as in deserter
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right
a band of renegades who had deserted their infantry units and were making their way to Mexico
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Recent Examples of renegade
Justin Worland/bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The collection blends his brand’s bold renegade aesthetic with the hotel’s classic luxury heritage.
—Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
The speech came just six months after a white mob had laid waste to Greenwood, violently rebuking calls for social equality, political rights and the end of renegade lynch law.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Where his predecessors made their names aligning with Colombian elites, Petro acted as a renegade and started his own political party.
—Justin Worland/bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
The collection blends his brand’s bold renegade aesthetic with the hotel’s classic luxury heritage.
—Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Winner of the Jury Prize and a collective Best Actress Award at Cannes, renegade auteur and HIFF alum Jacques Audiard’s (RUST AND BONE, DHEEPAN) latest odyssey is an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
The speech came just six months after a white mob had laid waste to Greenwood, violently rebuking calls for social equality, political rights and the end of renegade lynch law.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegade
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Go way back to President Lincoln, who made hard decisions himself about deserters from the Army, things like that.CBS News, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
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The opposition needs just three more deserters from the party to pass the bill.Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The remaining players will therefore have to rely on their instincts to know whether there is still a traitor left in the game.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
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Dumitrescu The Treachery of Translation Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 2024
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Wages haven’t risen alongside rents, so a good number of people — especially those with nontraditional income sources — are struggling with it.Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
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The school may benefit from exploring nontraditional methods, such as partnering with specialized nongovernmental organizations, to expand the applicant pool, according to the federal report.Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Between the old and the new guard, the Washington establishment and disruptive insurgents, and the two sides in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
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Syria Civil War While Assad's downfall marked perhaps the most significant turn in Syria's civil war that first erupted from clashes between government forces and an array of insurgents and jihadis in 2011, the rebel victory has brought with it new potential risks.Tom O'Connor, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegade. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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