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RECREANT
craven, recreant
(adjective) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; “the craven fellow turned and ran”; “a craven proposal to raise the white flag”; “this recreant knight”- Spenser
recreant, renegade
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
poltroon, craven, recreant
(noun) an abject coward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
recreant (comparative more recreant, superlative most recreant)
(now rare, poetic) Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated. [from 13th c.]
(now poetic, literary) Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false. [from 17th c.]
Noun
recreant (plural recreants)
Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
Synonyms
• apostate
• coward
• deserter
• poltroon
• renegade
• turncoat
Anagrams
• Terrance, recanter
Source: Wiktionary
Rec"re*ant (-ant), a. Etym: [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See Creed.]
1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. "This recreant knight." Spenser.
2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. Milton.
Rec"re*ant, n.
Definition: One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. Blackstone. You are all recreants and dastards! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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