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RECREANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Synonyms:
apostate; deserter; ratter; recreant; renegade; turncoat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("recreant" is a kind of...):
quitter (a person who gives up too easily)
Derivation:
recreant (having deserted a cause or principle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An abject coward
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("recreant" is a kind of...):
coward (a person who shows fear or timidity)
Derivation:
recreant (lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Example:
this recreant knight
Synonyms:
craven; recreant
Classified under:
Similar:
cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Derivation:
recreant (an abject coward)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having deserted a cause or principle
Example:
renegade supporters of the usurper
Synonyms:
recreant; renegade
Classified under:
Similar:
disloyal (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle)
Derivation:
recreant (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)
