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- the victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot
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- chicken,
- chicken-livered,
- chickenhearted,
- cowardly,
- craven,
- dastardly,
- gutless,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered
- [archaic],
- poltroon,
- pusillanimous,
- spineless,
- unheroic,
- yellow
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- brave,
- courageous,
- daring,
- dauntless,
- doughty,
- fearless,
- gallant,
- greathearted,
- gutsy,
- hardy,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- intrepid,
- lionhearted,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- valiant,
- valorous
- recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls
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recreant
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of recreant (Entry 2 of 2)
- traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime
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- 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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- cream puff,
- milquetoast,
- pushover,
- pussy
- [slang],
- weakling,
- wimp
- ostrich,
- scaramouch
- (or scaramouche)
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- a spy and recreant to his country
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“Recreant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreant. Accessed 13 Jun. 2021.
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