Apostate

Adjective

 * 1) Guilty of apostasy.
 * We must punish this apostate priest.

Noun

 * 1) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.

Related terms

 * apostasy

Synonyms

 * deconvert
 * recreant

Thesaurus
Sabbath-breaker; atheist; atheistic; backslider; backsliding; blasphemer; blasphemous; bolter; collaborationist; collaborative; collaborator; convert; defector; degenerate; demurrer; deserter; disloyal; dissenter; dissentient; dissident; faithless; fallen; fallen from grace; fifth columnist; impious; irreligious; irreverent; lapsed; mugwump; nonconformist; objector; opinionist; opposition voice; profanatory; profane; proselyte; protestant; protester; quisling; rat; recidivist; recidivistic; recreant; recusant; renegade; renegado; renegate; reversionist; runagate; sacrilegious; sacrilegist; schismatic; seceder; secessionist; sectarian; sectary; separatist; strikebreaker; tergiversant; tergiversating; tergiversator; traitor; traitorous; treasonable; treasonous; turnabout; turncoat; turntail; unbeliever; undutiful