ren·e·gade
ˈre-ni-ˌgād 
1
: a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
2
: an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior
1
: having deserted a faith, cause, or religion for a hostile one
2
: having rejected tradition : unconventional
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Noun
The group was full of free spirits and renegades who challenged every assumption of what art should be.
She regaled him with stories about pirates and renegades on the high seas.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 May 2025
The director Doris Wishman was a renegade: a woman who made lurid exploitation films at a time when American underground cinema was a man’s playground.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Claude Gatebuke, The New York Review of Books, 10 June 2021
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
The renegade Raiders of the 1970s were an ideal fit.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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Noun
And, of course, my fantasy went right to some kind of renegade character along the lines of Saw Gerrera.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 May 2025
The director Doris Wishman was a renegade: a woman who made lurid exploitation films at a time when American underground cinema was a man’s playground.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Verb
Do Not Disturb follows Karegeya’s life from African herd boy to BMW-driving government spy to renegade refugee who fell prey to the boredom, loneliness, and conspiracies of exile.
—Claude Gatebuke, The New York Review of Books, 10 June 2021
Adjective
Naturally, there’s also friction between rebellious Cady and her aunt, whose alarmism after the renegade M3GAN disaster in the first movie means computer science enthusiast Cady has to keep her own robotics projects hidden.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
The renegade Raiders of the 1970s were an ideal fit.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renegade. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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renegade
1 of 2 noun
ren·e·gade
ˈren-i-ˌgād
1
: a person who deserts a faith, cause, or party
2
: a person who rejects lawful or acceptable behavior
renegade
2 of 2 adjective1
: having deserted a faith, cause, or party
2
: having rejected tradition : unconventional
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