- recreant, renegade - having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
Antonym: loyal (indirect, via disloyal)
- renegade - someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
--1 is a kind of deserter, defector
Derived form: verb renegade1 - deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
--2 is a kind of quitter