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apostate

a·pos·tate [ ə pós tàyt, ə póstət ] (plural a·pos·tates)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody who renounces belief: somebody who renounces a belief or allegiance

[14th century. Via French and Latin< Greek apostatēs "somebody caused to stand away" < stat-, related to histanai "cause to stand"]
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