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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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
As a result, work in the Texas House, including the passage of several bills unrelated to redistricting, ground to a halt and arrest warrants were issued for the renegade lawmakers, though these couldn't be enforced outside Texas.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Claude Gatebuke, The New York Review of Books, 10 June 2021
Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
As a result, work in the Texas House, including the passage of several bills unrelated to redistricting, ground to a halt and arrest warrants were issued for the renegade lawmakers, though these couldn't be enforced outside Texas.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The polar figures of 16th-century Italian choral music, Palestrina, the Apollonian master of elegant counterpoint, and Gesualdo, the violent renegade of plangent harmonies, meet on the same program presented by Miller Theater.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
As a result, work in the Texas House, including the passage of several bills unrelated to redistricting, ground to a halt and arrest warrants were issued for the renegade lawmakers, though these couldn't be enforced outside Texas.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 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
The film stars the elder Sheen as Captain Willard, a U.S. Army officer in the Vietnam War, who is tasked with assassinating the renegade Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) who has come to see himself as a god.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
As a result, work in the Texas House, including the passage of several bills unrelated to redistricting, ground to a halt and arrest warrants were issued for the renegade lawmakers, though these couldn't be enforced outside Texas.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renegade. Accessed 17 Sep. 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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