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== Etymological Roots ==
== Etymological Roots ==
Renegade comes to English from the Spanish word ''renegado'', which itself was derived from the medieval Latin ''renegatus'', the root of which also gave us the term "renege", which means to back out of an agreement. In Spanish the term originally denoted a person who renounced [[Christianity]] and converted to [[Islam]]. Currently the term also refers to someone who abandons one cause for another. Supporters of the cause which the "renegade" abandoned may call that person a traitor. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renegade] A person who converts from [[atheism]] to Christianity would not usually be called a renegade.
Renegade comes to English from the Spanish word ''renegado'', which itself was derived from the medieval Latin ''renegatus'', the root of which also gave us the term "renege", which means to back out of an agreement. In Spanish the term originally denoted a person who renounced [[Christianity]] and converted to [[Islam]]. Currently the term also refers to someone who abandons one cause for another. Supporters of the cause which the "renegade" abandoned may call that person a traitor. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renegade] A person who converts from [[atheism]] to Christianity would not usually be called a renegade.
== Other Usage ==
== Other Usage ==
President-elect [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Secret Service]] codename, which he helped select, is "Renegade."
Former President [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Secret Service]] codename, which he helped select, is "Renegade."
"Renegade" is also a song by the rock band Styx; it tells of an outlaw facing execution by hanging ("Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long"), and is usually the last song played at their concerts.
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