different between outlaw vs apostate

English

Etymology

From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utla?e, from Old English ?tlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed from Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), equivalent to out- +? law. Cognate with Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tl??/

Noun

outlaw (plural outlaws)

1. A fugitive from the law.
2. (historical) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
3. A person who operates outside established norms.

4. A wild horse.
5. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
6. (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
7. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
   • 1977, Joseph Julian, Social Problems (page 463)

     Without a pimp, she was an "outlaw," likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street.

   • 2010, Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die

     She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.

Synonyms

• (fugitive): absconder, fugitive
• (criminal): bandit, wolfshead
• (person who operates outside established norms): anti-hero, deviant

Hypernyms

• (criminal): See Thesaurus:criminal
• (prostitute): See Thesaurus:prostitute

Translations

Verb

outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)

1. To declare illegal.
2. To place a ban upon.
3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

4. To deprive of legal force.
   • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

     our English common law was outlawed in those parts.

See also

• criminalize
• felonize
• misdemeanorize

Translations

Further reading

• outlaw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• outlaw in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• outlaw at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ????????? (apostát?s, “rebel”), from ???????? (aphíst?mi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ??? (apó, “from”) + ?????? (híst?mi, “to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?s.te?t/, /??p?s.t?t/

Adjective

apostate (not comparable)

1. Guilty of apostasy.
   • a wretched and apostate state

Translations

Noun

apostate (plural apostates)

1. A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
2. (Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• heresy
• heretic
• heretical

Further reading

• Apostasy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

apostate f

1. plural of apostata

Portuguese

Verb

apostate

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of apostatar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of apostatar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of apostatar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of apostatar

Spanish

Verb

apostate

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of apostatar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of apostatar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of apostatar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of apostatar.