renegadism

Nor was the embassador deceived in his calculation; and thus the accounts which reached Florence relative to Alessandro's renegadism -- and which were not indeed communicated to the council until some months after the occurrence of the apostasy itself -- were vague and indefinite to a degree.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

But we have already said that he was essentially worldly-minded, and, as he felt convinced that the petty jealousy of the Florentine Envoy would prevent him from rising higher in the diplomatic hierarchy than the post of secretary, he by degrees managed to console himself for his renegadism on the score that it was necessary -- the indispensable stepping-stone to the gratification of his ambition.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

He consistently profited from his renegadism, but was he also following the dictates of France’s interests?

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He consistently profited from his renegadism, but was he also following the dictates of France’s interests?

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Nisida saw that the grand vizier was in haste to depart, not through any ridiculous fears on his part, because he was too enlightened to believe in the fearful tales of mermaids, genii, ghouls, vampires, and other evil spirits by which the island was said to be haunted, but because his renegadism had been of so recent a date that he dared not, powerful and altered as he was, afford the least ground for suspecting that the light of Christianity triumphed in his soul over the dark barbarism of his assumed creed.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846