seceder
71nonconformist — n 1. misfit, maverick, dropout, loner, lone wolf, solitary, solitary man, fish out of water, square peg in a round hole; deviator, radical, Chiefly Brit. punk; deviate, deviant, anomaly, abnormality; freak, hippie, yippie, longhair, flower child …
72pervert — v 1. divert, deflect, turn, turn away, turn aside, avert, sidetrack, switch, Obs. prevaricate; wrench, wrest, wring, skew, shunt. 2. seduce, corrupt, subvert, demoralize, lead astray, lead away; tempt, allure, entice, inveigle; trap, entrap,… …
73renegade — n 1. defector, turncoat, recreant, ter giversator, Archaic. renegado; deserter, forsaker, ab dicator, abdicant; dropout, seceder, quitter, departer, leaver, bolter, runaway; traitor, betrayer, Inf. double crosser, Inf. double dealer, Sl. ratter,… …
74secessionist — n 1. seceder, separatist, schismatic; denominationalist, factionalist, sectarian; dissenter, nonconformist, protester, protestant. 2. deserter, defector, apostate, turncoat, bolter, U.S. Hist. mugwump, convert, repudiator; traitor, betrayer,… …
75traitor — n 1. betrayer, Inf. double crosser Inf. double dealer, Sl. two timer; Judas, Brutus, Catilinar ian; double agent, fifth columnist, quisling, Benedict Arnold; snake in the grass, snake, back stabber; informer, squealer, tattler, Sl. ratter, Sl.… …
76turncoat — n 1. renegade, Archaic. renegado, deserter, apostate, defector, bolter, seceder; forsaker, dropout, quitter, Sl. cop out. 2. traitor, betrayer, Inf. double crosser, Inf. double dealer, Sl. two timer, Sl. cheat or cheater; Judas, Bru tus,… …
77secede — /səˈsid / (say suh seed) verb (i) (seceded, seceding) to withdraw formally from an alliance or association, as from a political or religious organisation. {Latin sēcēdere go back, withdraw} –seceder, noun …
78secede — ► VERB ▪ withdraw formally from membership of a federal union or a political or religious organization. DERIVATIVES seceder noun. ORIGIN Latin secedere withdraw …
79secede — [si sēd′] vi. seceded, seceding [L secedere < se , sed , apart (< IE base * se , * swe , apart, lone > OE swæs, special, dear) + cedere, to go: see CEDE] to withdraw formally from membership in, or association with, a group, organization …
80secede — v.intr. (usu. foll. by from) withdraw formally from membership of a political federation or a religious body. Derivatives: seceder n. Etymology: L secedere secess (as SE , cedere go) …
