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recreant   (TTS Sound)

The noun recreant has 2 senses

• poltroon, craven, recreant -- (an abject coward)


• deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter -- (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)

The adj recreant has 2 senses

• recreant, renegade -- (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper")


• craven, recreant -- (lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser)