To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.
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Unconventional, unorthodox.