recreance

rec·re·ant

R0090700 (rĕk′rē-ənt)adj.1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause: "Consider the man who stands by his duty and goes to the stake rather than be recreant to it" (Mark Twain).2. Archaic Craven or cowardly.n.1. A faithless or disloyal person.2. Archaic A coward.

[Middle English recreaunt, defeated, from Old French recreant, present participle of recroire, to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance, from Medieval Latin recrēdere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

rec′re·ance, rec′re·an·cy n.rec′re·ant·ly adv.

Thesaurus

recreance

nounAn instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause:apostasy, defection, recreancy, tergiversation.

Translations

ricreazioneviltà

单词	recreance
释义	recreance rec·re·ant R0090700 (rĕk′rē-ənt)adj.1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause: "Consider the man who stands by his duty and goes to the stake rather than be recreant to it" (Mark Twain).2. Archaic Craven or cowardly.n.1. A faithless or disloyal person.2. Archaic A coward. [Middle English recreaunt, defeated, from Old French recreant, present participle of recroire, to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance, from Medieval Latin recrēdere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.] rec′re·ance, rec′re·an·cy n.rec′re·ant·ly adv. Thesaurus recreance nounAn instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause:apostasy, defection, recreancy, tergiversation. Translations ricreazioneviltà LegalSeeRecreant recreance noun Synonyms for recreance noun an instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause Synonyms apostasy defection recreancy tergiversation
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Synonyms for recreance

noun an instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause

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