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recreant
/ ˈrɛkrɪənt /
adjective
- cowardly; faint-hearted
- disloyal
noun
- a disloyal or cowardly person
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Derived Forms
- ˈrecreance, noun
- ˈrecreantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- recre·ance recre·an·cy noun
- recre·ant·ly adverb
- un·recre·ant adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recreant1
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Example Sentences
I had rather prove recreant to the oath I took before I realized the worth of the woman whose happiness I vowed to destroy.
While thus employed there came almost bursting into the room a man struck with remorse—Jefferies, the recreant postmaster.
It was possible that, when nothing more was to be gained by falsehoods, his recreant friend would clear his fame once for all.
Not for a moment did the Doctor believe that his recreant son pondered wisely and deeply these successive epistles of his.
Thus far had my conscience written with my pen; and see what a recreant she had made of me!
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