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recreant

[ rek-ree-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. cowardly or craven.

    Synonyms: yellow, base, pusillanimous, dastardly

    Antonyms: brave

  2. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.

    Synonyms: apostate, untrue, faithless

    Antonyms: loyal



noun

  1. a coward.

    Synonyms: dastard

    Antonyms: hero

  2. an apostate, traitor, or renegade.

recreant

/ ˈrɛkrɪənt /

adjective

  1. cowardly; faint-hearted
  2. disloyal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a disloyal or cowardly person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈrecreance, noun
  • ˈrecreantly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • recre·ance recre·an·cy noun
  • recre·ant·ly adverb
  • un·recre·ant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recreant1

1300–50; Middle English < Old French, adj. and noun use of present participle of recreire to yield in a contest, equivalent to re- re- + creire < Latin crēdere to believe
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recreant1

C14: from Old French, from recroire to surrender, from re- + Latin crēdere to believe; compare miscreant
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Example Sentences

I had rather prove recreant to the oath I took before I realized the worth of the woman whose happiness I vowed to destroy.

While thus employed there came almost bursting into the room a man struck with remorse—Jefferies, the recreant postmaster.

It was possible that, when nothing more was to be gained by falsehoods, his recreant friend would clear his fame once for all.

Not for a moment did the Doctor believe that his recreant son pondered wisely and deeply these successive epistles of his.

Thus far had my conscience written with my pen; and see what a recreant she had made of me!

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