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recreancy

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rec⋅re⋅ant

  [rek-ree-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. cowardly or craven.
2. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.
–noun
3. a coward.
4. an apostate, traitor, or renegade.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < OF, adj. and n. use of prp. of recreire to yield in a contest, equiv. to re- re- + creire < L crēdere to believe

Related forms:
rec⋅re⋅ance, rec⋅re⋅an⋅cy, noun
rec⋅re⋅ant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow. 2. faithless, untrue, apostate. 3. dastard.

Antonyms:
1. brave. 2. loyal. 3. hero.
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rec·re·ant   (rěk'rē-ənt)   
adj.  

  1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause.

  2. Craven or cowardly.

n.  

  1. A faithless or disloyal person.

  2. A coward.


[Middle English recreaunt, defeated, from Old French recreant, present participle of recroire, to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance, from Medieval Latin recrēdere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
rec're·ance, rec're·an·cy n., rec're·ant·ly adv.
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