Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses describe anyone who formally resign from the church as?
Sentence: Witnesses are taught that avoiding social and spiritual interaction with disfellowshipped individuals keeps the congregation free from immoral influence and that "losing precious fellowship with loved ones may help [the shunned individual] to come 'to his senses,' see the seriousness of his wrong, and take steps to return to Jehovah."
Answer in sentence: no