Definition of renegade
1 : a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
2 : an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior
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In apparent protest of the award, a group of Chinese business and cultural leaders established an alternative to the Nobel, the Confucius Peace Prize, and later honored such human rights renegades as Vladimir Putin, Fidel Castro and Robert Mugabe.
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His impulse, at least judging by the patterns of conservative governance in America recently, quite likely would be to call upon the governor and the Texas legislature to impose some good conservative policy on the renegade liberals from above.
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However, in the school’s official response to the NCAA, Ole Miss essentially absolves Freeze of any responsibility and puts all the blame on renegade boosters and rogue assistants.
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Last week, a $1.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province, was approved after months of delay, the same day as China's Dandong bank was sanctioned by the US for alleged ties to North Korea.
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The US and China have been at odds recently over a $1.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province, and after the US sanctioned China's Dandong bank for alleged ties to North Korea.
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Quarterback John McGraw came off the bench and led the Renegades on two scoring drives throwing a 40-yard pass to Derek Dixon and a 20-yard pass to Willie Johnson to send the title game into overtime.
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Those last-century walls come tumbling down eventually, anyway, to reveal the sci-fi palace of horrors in which renegades like Winston meet gruesome fates.
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Many of those wounds were self-inflicted, and longtime observers said Kalanick’s departure was a long time coming given his renegade style.
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Origin and Etymology of renegade
Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegatus, from past participle of renegare to deny, from Latin re- + negare to deny — more at negate
renegade
Definition of renegade
renegaded
;renegading
intransitive verb
: to become a renegade
First Known Use of renegade
circa 1611
renegade
Definition of renegade
1 : having deserted a faith, cause, or religion for a hostile one
2 : having rejected tradition : unconventional
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The Palace is also fictionally owned by Chuck Bass's (Ed Westwick's) family, and is where the show's renegade rich boy spends his nights.
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A climate-renegade U.S. will only empower and encourage China, Europe, India, and virtually everyone else to focus on these increasingly profitable technologies and markets.
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Known for drug dealing and gun running, renegade motorcycle clubs have laid claim to domains throughout the Sunshine State.
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When John Carpenter cast him as the lead of his sci-fi dystopia Escape From New York (1981), the film’s backers considered Russell not tough enough for the role of renegade super-soldier Snake Plissken.
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There has been backlash for the pick, which reinforces the Bengals' renegade style under owner Mike Brown.
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The platinum-haired, red-lipped renegade rocker; Revlon global brand ambassador; and judge on The Voice loves her some Dylan and Brenda and sleep—definitely.
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A bridge over the Bosporus that was seized by renegade soldiers has been renamed for the civilians killed there.
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When a home has remained in the same family for 800 years, there is bound to be a renegade ancestor or two who chooses popular style over preservation.
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First Known Use of renegade
1636
RENEGADE Defined for English Language Learners
renegade
playDefinition of renegade for English Language Learners
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: a person who leaves one group, religion, etc., and joins another that opposes it
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: someone or something that causes trouble and cannot be controlled
RENEGADE Defined for Kids
renegade
playDefinition of renegade for Students
1 : a person who deserts a faith, cause, or party
2 : a person who does not obey rules “They were renegades who thought they had permission to steal from the rich …” — Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising
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