Synonyms for Recreant
Definition of recreant
adjective
- having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
- 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
- an abject coward
8 synonyms found
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