— recreance, recreancy , n. — recreantly , adv.
/rek"ree euhnt/ , adj.
1. cowardly or craven.
2. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.
n.
3. a coward.
4. an apostate, traitor, or renegade.
[ 1300-50; ME recreire to yield in a contest, equiv. to re- RE- + creire credere to believe ]
Syn. 1. dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow. 2. faithless, untrue, apostate. 3. dastard.
Ant. 1. brave. 2. loyal. 3. hero.