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== Etymological Roots ==

== Etymological Roots ==

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", 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 ==