recreancy

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.

recreancy

cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.See also: Treason

cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.See also: Cowardice

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recreancy

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

单词	recreancy
释义	recreancy 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. recreancy cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.See also: Treason cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.See also: Cowardice Thesaurus recreancy nounAn instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause:apostasy, defection, recreance, tergiversation. LegalSeeRecreant recreancy noun Synonyms for recreancy noun an instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause Synonyms apostasy defection recreance tergiversation
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noun an instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause

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