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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: recreant
recreant
adj 1: having deserted a cause or principle;
“some provinces had
proved recreant”;
“renegade supporters of the usurper”
[syn:
renegade]
2: 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
[syn:
craven]
n 1: an abject coward [syn:
poltroon,
craven]
2: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc. [syn:
deserter,
apostate,
renegade,
turncoat,
ratter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Recreant
Recreant
\Rec"re*ant\ (-ant), a. [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire,
recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as
conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered
in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who
are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere
to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow
one's opinion. See
Creed.]
1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle;
yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
“This recreant
knight.” --Spenser.
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2. Apostate; false; unfaithful.
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Who, for so many benefits received,
Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. --Milton.
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Recreant
\Rec"re*ant\, n.
One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a
mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone.
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You are all recreants and dastards! --Shak.
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