Recreant has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
2
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
3
Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
Adjective
1
having deserted a cause or principle
"some provinces had proved recreant"
"renegade supporters of the usurper"
2
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
"the craven fellow turned and ran"
"a craven proposal to raise the white flag"
"this recreant knight"
3
Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
Example Sentences
"some provinces had proved recreant"
adjective
"renegade supporters of the usurper"
adjective
"the craven fellow turned and ran"
adjective
"a craven proposal to raise the white flag"
adjective
"this recreant knight"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)