recreant

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.

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[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.]

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

recreant

(ˈrɛkrɪənt) adj1. cowardly; faint-hearted2. disloyalna disloyal or cowardly person[C14: from Old French, from recroire to surrender, from re- + Latin crēdere to believe; compare miscreant] ˈrecreance, ˈrecreancy n ˈrecreantly adv

rec•re•ant

(ˈrɛk ri ənt)

adj. 1. cowardly. 2. unfaithful; disloyal. n. 3. coward. 4. apostate. [1300–50; < Old French, adj., n., present participle of recreire to yield in a contest =re- re- + creire < Latin crēdere to believe]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recreant - an abject cowardcraven, poltrooncoward - a person who shows fear or timidity
	2.	recreant - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.apostate, deserter, ratter, turncoat, renegadequitter - a person who gives up too easily
Adj.	1.	recreant - having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"renegadedisloyal - deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"
	2.	recreant - 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"- Spensercravencowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

recreant

adjectiveNot true to duty or obligation:disloyal, faithless, false, false-hearted, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue.nounA person who has defected:apostate, defector, deserter, renegade, runagate, tergiversator, turncoat.Informal: rat.

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