recreant

²recreant

noun

Definition of RECREANT

1

: coward

2

: apostate, deserter

Examples of RECREANT

1. <traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime>
2. <the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it>

First Known Use of RECREANT

15th century

Related to RECREANT

Synonyms: apostate, defector, deserter, renegade

Antonyms: loyalist

Related Words: betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, traitor, traitress (or traitoress), turnabout, turncoat; abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver; defier, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionizer; discontent, malcontent; recusant, refusenik (also refusnik), refuser

Near Antonyms: adherent, disciple, follower, supporter; fanatic, militant, partisan (also partizan), zealot

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