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Recreant

Recreant Meaning & Definition
Recreant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Recreant?

[n] a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
[n] an abject coward
[adj] 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
[adj] having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Recreant: apostate | coward(a) | cowardly | craven | craven | deserter | disloyal | fearful | poltroon | ratter | renegade | renegade

Related Terms | Find terms related to Recreant:

See Also | coward | quitter

Recreant In Webster's Dictionary

\Rec"re*ant\ (-ant), a. [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. One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone. You are all recreants and dastards! --Shak.

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