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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•re•ant (rek′rē ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - cowardly or craven.
- unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.
n. - a coward.
- an apostate, traitor, or renegade.
- Latin crēdere to believe
- Old French, adjective, adjectival and noun, nominal use of present participle of recreire to yield in a contest, equivalent. to re- re- + creire
- Middle English 1300–50
rec′re•ance, rec′re•an•cy, n. rec′re•ant•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged faithless, untrue, apostate.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dastard.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged brave.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged loyal.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hero.
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