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1
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right
- an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics
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2
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
- became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of apostate (Entry 2 of 2)
as in renegade, defecting
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