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renegade(person, approach, rebel, recreant)
15
traitor(person, rebel, opponent, fugitive)
15
turncoat(approach, rebel, spy, opponent)
14
defector(approach, rebel, spy, fugitive)
13
apostate(approach, rebel, opponent, recreant)
11
coward(person, worry, individual, dread)
11
recreant(approach, rebel, opponent, fugitive)
10
fugitive(person, rebel, insurgent, delinquent)
10
runaway(person, rebel, exile, outlaw)
9
escapee(rebel, exile, outlaw, fugitive)
7
rat(feature, person, informal, approach)
6
absconder(recreant, fugitive, delinquent, absentee)
6
backslider(rebel, spy, fugitive, runaway)
6
craven
6
refugee(person, rebel, oppression, exile)
6
runagate(approach, exile, outlaw, outcast)
5
betrayer(rebel, spy, fugitive, turncoat)
5
quitter(coward, defeatist)
5
tergiversator(approach, defector)
4
collaborator(spy, turncoat, conspirator)
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