noun
an abject coward
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noun
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
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adjective
having deserted a cause or principle
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Examples
- some provinces had proved recreant
- renegade supporters of the usurper
adjective
lacking even the rudiments of courage
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Examples
- abjectly fearful
- the craven fellow turned and ran
- a craven proposal to raise the white flag
- this recreant knight"- Spenser