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== Etymological Root ==

== Etymological Root ==

Renegade comes to English from the Spanish word ''renegado'', which itself was  derived from the medeival Latin "renegatus", the root of which also gave us the term renege. 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; a traitor. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renegade]

Renegade comes to English from the Spanish word ''renegado'', which itself was  derived from the medeival Latin "renegatus", the root of which also gave us the term renege. 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; a traitor. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renegade] A person who abandons atheism for Christianity would not be called a renegade.

== Other Usage ==

== Other Usage ==

President-elect Barack Obama's Secret Service codename, which he helped select, is "Renegade."

President-elect Barack Obama's Secret Service codename, which he helped select, is "Renegade."