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English adjective: recreant | |||
| 1. | recreant having deserted a cause or principle | ||
| Samples | Some provinces had proved recreant. Renegade supporters of the usurper. | ||
| Synonyms | renegade | ||
| Similar | disloyal | ||
| Antonyms | loyal | ||
| 2. | recreant lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful | ||
| Samples | The craven fellow turned and ran. A craven proposal to raise the white flag. This recreant knight. | ||
| Synonyms | craven | ||
| Similar | cowardly, fearful | ||
| Antonyms | brave, courageous | ||
English noun: recreant | |||
| 1. | recreant (person) an abject coward | ||
| Synonyms | craven, poltroon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coward | ||
| 2. | recreant (person) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | ||
| Synonyms | apostate, deserter, ratter, renegade, turncoat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quitter | ||
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