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Definition of recreant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

recreant

adjective

/ˈrekriənt/

/ˈrekriənt/

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not brave synonym cowardly
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘surrendering’, present participle of recroire, from medieval Latin (se) recredere ‘surrender (oneself)’, from re- (expressing reversal) + credere ‘entrust’.

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