recreant

Speech parts

1. recreant - Noun

2. recreant - Adjective

3. recreant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.

Apostate; false; unfaithful.

One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.

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Any employer who fails to recognize that human rights come first and that the friendly relationship between himself and those working for him should be one of partnership and comradeship in mutual help no less than self-help is recreant to his duty as an American citizen, and it is to his interest. Theodore Roosevelt

the craven fellow turned and ran Source: Internet

a craven proposal to raise the white flag Source: Internet

this recreant knight Source: Internet

some provinces had proved recreant Source: Internet

renegade supporters of the usurper Source: Internet

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