Recreant - Definition

adj 1: having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had
proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
[syn: recreant, 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, recreant]
n 1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant]
2: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter,
apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter]