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recreancy

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rec·re·ant  (rkr-nt)
adj.
1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause.
2. Craven or cowardly.
n.
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: Treason
cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.
See also: Cowardice


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