rendezvous, n. 1. date, appointment, engagement, tryst, assignation, meeting.
2. gathering point or place, meeting place; trysting place, place of assignation.
-v. 3. meet, assemble, muster, gather, collect, get together. rendition, n. 1. translation, metaphrase, interlinear, transliteration, transcription, decipherment, decoding; paraphrase, rewording, restatement; reading, recital, lection.
2. interpretation, exegesis, construction, construe, conception, understanding; representation, depiction, delineation, portrayal, reproduction; version, variation, arrangement, Music, transcription, Fr. rendu; production, performance, execution, enactment, rendering. renegade, n. 1. defector, turncoat, recreant, ter-giversator, Archaic, renegado; deserter, forsaker, ab-dicator, abdicant; dropout, seceder, quitter, departer, leaver, bolter, runaway; traitor, betrayer, Inf. double-crosser, Inf. double-dealer, SI. ratter, SI. fink, SI. rat-fink; rebel, dissenter, renouncer, abjurer, repudiator, rejector, retractor, .recanter; malcontent, seditionist, insurgent, insurrectionist, mutineer, revolter, revolutionary.
2. apostate, heretic, schismatic; nonbeliever, heathen, infidel; backslider, slider, lapser, sinner.
-adj. 3. recreant, defecting, tergiversating, abdicant, abdicative; disloyal, unfaithful, untrue; dissident, divergent, unorthodox; traitorous, Inf. doublecrossing, Inf. double-dealing, perfidious, treacherous, treasonous.
4. apostate, heretical, schismatic; faithless, nonbelieving, heathen, infidel, infidelic; backsliding, lapsing, sinning. renege, v. go back on one's word, cry off, be an Indian giver, default, Sl. welsh; back-pedal, backwater, back up; back out, back down, pull out, Inf cop out, Inf. weasel out, Inf. worm out of, Inf. stand down; recant, repudiate, retract, abjure, withdraw, change one's tune; reverse, revoke, rescind, abrogate. renew, v. 1. resume, recommence, begin or start again, start or begin all over; make a new beginning, make a fresh start.
2. restore, resupply, restock, replenish, Scot. plenish.
3. repeat, reiterate, iterate, recount, recapitulate, ingeminate; redo, do again, do over; reconstruct, remake, reshape, re-create.
4. revive, reestablish, bring back, resurrect.
5. rejuvenate, reinvigorate, revitalize, regenerate, recharge, refresh, resuscitate, put or breathe new life into; renovate, recondition, refurbish, rehabilitate, reconstitute, revamp, refit; repair, fix up, put into shape, give a face-lift to. renewal, n. 1. resumption, recommencement; restoration, replenishment; repetition, reiteration, iteration, recapitulation, gemination; reconstruction, recreation; revivification, resurrection, rejuvenation, reinvigoration, revitalization, regeneration, resuscitation; repair, renovation, refurbishment, rehabilitation, reconstitution, reconditioning.
2. renaissance, renascence, revival, rebirth, new birth, new day, new dawn; fresh start, new beginning, another try; rally, recovery, new lease on life, another chance; (all of disease) relapse, lapse, reversal, reverse, setback, recurrence, return. renounce, v. 1. forgo, do or go without, give up, Inf swear off; forswear, avoid, shun, eschew; forbear, desist from, cease, stop; eliminate, discard, jettison, cast aside or off; abandon, desert, forsake, leave, quit, throw over, turn one's back on.