recreancy

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rec·re·ant (r

nt)

adj.

1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause.

2. Craven or cowardly.

1. A faithless or disloyal person.

2. A coward.

[Middle English recreaunt, defeated, from Old French recreant, present participle of recroire, to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance, from Medieval Latin recrdere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin crdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

recre·ance, recre·an·cy n.

recre·ant·ly adv.

recreancy

cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.

See also: Cowardice

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