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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. Supporters of the cause which the "renegade" abandonned may called that person a traitor.  [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renegade]  A person who abandons atheism for Christianity would not be called a renegade here.

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. Supporters of the cause which the "renegade" abandonned may called that person a traitor.  [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renegade]  A person who converts from [[Atheism]] to Christianity would not be called a renegade usually.

== 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."