Any politician who does not toe the main party line would be branded a renegade.
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Renegade
/ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/
Synonyms for "renegade" (108 found)
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Verb(1 words)
defectordegeneratedesertdeserterdisloyalfaithlessfallenfallen from gracefalsefifth columnistheretichereticaliconoclastimpiousinsurgentirreligiousirreverentlapsedmugwumpoutlaw
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profanatoryprofaneproselytequislingratrebelrecidivistrecidivisticrecreantrenegadorenegaterenegereversionistrunagaterunawaysabbath-breakersacrilegioussacrilegistschismaticseceder
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Noun(14 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
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12 entriesdeserterdissentericonoclastmaverickmaverick methodmutineermutinousnonconformist tacticquislingrenegade tactictreasonousunorthodox method
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10 entriespolitical renegaderenegade factionrenegade leaderrenegade movementrenegade officerrenegade policyrenegade scholarrenegade scientistrenegade staterenegade status
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6 total sentences available.
You're a renegade.
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Ask your own conscience, Sir William, what has prompted you to become a renegade to your political party and opinions, and led you, for what I know, to be on the point of marrying your only daughter to a beggarly Jacobite bankrupt, the inveterate enemy of your family to the boot.
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Taiwan is a renegade province of China.
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