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as in afraid
having or showing a shameful lack of courage
the victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot
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as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls
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as in deserter
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right
traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime
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as in coward
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger
the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it
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as in traitor
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
a spy and recreant to his country
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By its conception, AI does not make mistakes, does not take bribes and is not afraid of anything.Oleksandr Sheremeta, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Many Americans are afraid of what the aftermath of the election could bring.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Amid this chaos, Penn shows up in London, subtly manipulating British Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) into keeping the whole traitorous scheme under wraps.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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He’s played an iconic Harry Potter hero as well as a traitorous Marvel villain.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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Al Shabaab has issued a fatwa calling for the murder of any deserters, and a number of them have been shot and killed in the Majengo slum.Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2013
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Blauvelt, who worked as a U.S. Army recruiter in Greenville County at the time of the killing, was classified as a deserter shortly after, according to the U.S. Marshals.KC Baker, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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He will be called a fascist and a coward and a dilettante.The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
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Two baseballs flew down toward the San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar from the left-field corner stands, the gutless moves of two cowards.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Unless there’s a traitor in the midst, in which case, that player wins.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Eugene Hyman Los Altos Is Trump America’s worst traitor?Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Halloween attractions company America Haunts estimates that Americans spend upward of US$500 million annually on haunted house entrance fees simply for the privilege of being frightened.Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Be frightened and surprised at the Redford Theatre's Festival of Darkness, a 90-minute compilation of horror short films.Annalise Frank, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
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The movie sets the stage nicely, and Neeson doesn‘t make a false move.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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The two-part approach combines first highlighting the possibility of misinformation and then exposing them to less compelling versions of false stories.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Still, a new report in a U.K. news outlet suggests that Harry and his American wife Meghan, renegade members of the British royal family who’ve been living in California, have decided to try and regain a foothold in Europe by buying a home in Portugal.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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The broader support among justices undermines the effort by Musk and his supporters to cast Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a renegade who is intent on censoring political speech.David Biller and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Recreant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreant. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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