1. Noun
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
2. Adjective
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
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