Recreant Definition

recreant
adjective
  1. having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
  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
noun
  1. an abject coward
  2. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

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