Recreant
['rekrɪənt] or ['rɛkrɪənt]
Definition
(adj.) having deserted a cause or principle; 'some provinces had proved recreant'; 'renegade supporters of the usurper' .
Typed by Leigh--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
(a.) Apostate; false; unfaithful.
(n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.
Typed by Jared
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Cowardly, dastardly, craven, pusillanimous, mean-spirited, faint-hearted.[2]. Apostate, treacherous, false, faithless, untrue, backsliding.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Apostate, traitorous, dastardly, craven, false, cowardly, unfaithful, renegade,base, recusant
ANT:Staunch, true, faithful, chivalrous, knightly, gallant, loyal, redoubtable
Typist: Thaddeus
Definition
adj. cowardly: false: apostate: renegade.—n. a mean-spirited wretch: an apostate: a renegade.—n. Rec′rēancy the quality of a recreant: a yielding mean cowardly spirit.—adv. Rec′rēantly.
Typist: Tabitha
Examples
- And how shows this recreant conduct in a man on whom unequal laws are known to have fallen heavy? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I had vowed to my own heart never to shadow her countenance even with transient grief, and should I prove recreant at the hour of greatest need? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Dieu sait que je les déteste comme la peste, ordinairement (this between his recreant teeth). Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Amber