recreants

plural of recreant
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as in cowards
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreants
Noun
  • Despite opposition to busing, particularly among White families who comprised much of Louisville's Catholic population, Archbishop McDonough vowed in 1974 that his schools would not become the home of public school deserters.
    Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But Democrats look like cowards for fleeing the state.
    Nicole Russell, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So many traitors, smooth operators.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The stars play a game in which a group of ‘faithful’ players must detect and eliminate ‘traitors,’ who each evening banish others from the competition.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rebels also cited the need to take out the massive scam operations as justification for their offensive – which analysts say China likely greenlit.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The rebels, led by Deepak Rauniyar and Binod Paudel, fired off a scathing letter to the Academy demanding a full investigation and threatening to blow up Nepal’s Oscar dreams entirely.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Whether on purpose or happy accident, the scent often draws consumers directly to the hot case of ready-to-eat chickens.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Alana finds joy in feeding cows and pigs, collecting eggs from chickens, and meeting horses and llamas.
    Jordan Owens, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Labels matter Security analysts say the situation in Haiti continues to defy clear international legal characterization and the choice of labels – crisis, armed conflict, gangs, terrorist groups, armed groups, criminal groups, insurgents – carries significant legal and humanitarian implications.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This might enable a mission which, for example, a Viper is located covertly next to a safe house known to be used by insurgents.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But a few renegades creatively defected across the pond, looking instead at America for inspiration.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • VCs raining money on said brilliant renegades, despite signals that the market wasn’t quite mature enough and money was being lit on fire?
    Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Recreants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreants. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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