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recreant
/ ˈrɛkrɪənt /
adjective
- cowardly; faint-hearted
- disloyal
noun
- a disloyal or cowardly person
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Derived Forms
- ˈrecreance, noun
- ˈrecreantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- recre·ance recre·an·cy noun
- recre·ant·ly adverb
- un·recre·ant adjective
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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While thus employed there came almost bursting into the room a man struck with remorse—Jefferies, the recreant postmaster.
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It was possible that, when nothing more was to be gained by falsehoods, his recreant friend would clear his fame once for all.
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Not for a moment did the Doctor believe that his recreant son pondered wisely and deeply these successive epistles of his.
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Thus far had my conscience written with my pen; and see what a recreant she had made of me!
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