Renegade vs. Rebel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Renegade and Rebel
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Renegade
One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
Rebel
A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader
Tory rebels
Rebel forces
Renegade
An outlaw; a rebel.
Rebel
Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader
The Earl of Pembroke subsequently rebelled against Henry III
Renegade
Of, relating to, or resembling a renegade; traitorous.
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Rebel
To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
Renegade
To become a deserter or an outlaw.
Rebel
To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
Renegade
An outlaw or rebel.
Rebel
To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance
She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.
Renegade
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Rebel
One who rebels or is in rebellion.
Renegade
(dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
Rebel
Rebel A Confederate soldier.
Renegade
One faithless to principle or party.
James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ.
Rebel
A person who resists or defies authority or convention
"In her own mind, Jan is ... a rebel, an iconoclast, a strange and estranged and angry freedom fighter" (Perri Klass).
Renegade
One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.
Rebel
A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
A group of rebels defied the general's orders and split off from the main army.
My little sister is such a rebel - coming home late, piercing her ears, and refusing to do any of her chores.
Renegade
Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
Rebel
Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
Renegade
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Rebel
(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
To rebel against the system
Renegade
Break with established customs
Rebel
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
Whoso be rebel to my judgment.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.
Renegade
Having deserted a cause or principle;
Some provinces had proved recreant
Renegade supporters of the usurper
Rebel
One who rebels.
Rebel
To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
The murmur and the churls' rebelling.
Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord.
Rebel
To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
How could my hand rebel against my heart?How could your heart rebel against your reason?
Rebel
`johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
Rebel
A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Rebel
Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Rebel
Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Rebel
Break with established customs
Rebel
Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers;
The rebel yell
Rebel
Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government;
The rebelling confederacy
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