apostate
noun/əˈpɒsteɪt/
/əˈpɑːsteɪt/
(formal)- a person who has rejected their religious or political beliefsWord OriginMiddle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs ‘apostate, runaway slave’.
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