131turncoat — *renegade, apostate, recreant, backslider Analogous words: deserter, forsaker, abandoner (see corresponding verbs at ABANDON) …
New Dictionary of Synonyms
132absentee — n deserter, truant, fugitive, exile, renegade, runaway; shirker, slacker, skulker, malingerer, quitter, backslider …
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