recreant

  • 21recreant — rec•re•ant [[t]ˈrɛk ri ənt[/t]] adj. 1) cowardly 2) unfaithful; disloyal 3) coward 4) apostate • Etymology: 1300–50; < OF, adj., n., prp. of recreire to yield in a contest =re re +creire < L crēdere to believe …

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  • 22recreant — /ˈrɛkriənt / (say rekreeuhnt) adjective 1. cowardly or craven. 2. unfaithful, disloyal, or false. –noun 3. a coward or craven. 4. an apostate; a traitor. {Middle English, from Old French, from recreire, yield in a contest, from re back + creire,… …

  • 23recreant —   a.,n. cowardly or renegade (person).    ♦ recreancy, n …

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  • 24recreant — /rekriyant/ Coward or craven. The word pronounced by a combatant in the trial by battel, when he acknowledged himself beaten. 3 Bl.Comm. 340 …

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  • 25recreant — adj. & n. literary adj. 1 craven, cowardly. 2 apostate. n. 1 a coward. 2 an apostate. Derivatives: recreancy n. recreantly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF, part. of recroire f. med.L (se) recredere yield in trial by combat (as RE , credere entrust) …

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  • 27renegade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. traitor, turncoat, apostate, defector; mutineer. See evildoer. adj. treacherous, dis loyal; rebellious, mutinous. See improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disloyal, treacherous, dissident; see false …

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  • 28traitorous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Treacherous] Syn. faithless, recreant, unfaithful; see false 1 . 2. [Treasonable] Syn. seditious, disloyal, unpatriotic; see false 1 . See Synonym Study at faithless . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. disloyal,… …

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  • 29deserter — noun 1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. • Syn: ↑apostate, ↑renegade, ↑turncoat, ↑recreant, ↑ratter • Derivationally related forms: ↑rat ( …

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  • 30rec´re|ant|ly — rec|re|ant «REHK ree uhnt», adjective. 1. lacking courage; cowardly: »a recreant knight who would run in the face of battle. SYNONYM(S): pusillanimous. 2. unfaithful, as to duty; false; disloyal; traitorous: »The recreant nobles forced King John… …

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