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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of apostate
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as in deserter
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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“Apostate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostate. Accessed 28 Jan. 2023.
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