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Definitions for Recreancy
[1] cowardly or craven.
[2] unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.
[3] a coward.
[4] an apostate, traitor, or renegade.
[5] cowardly; faint-hearted
[6] disloyal
[7] a disloyal or cowardly person
Words related to Recreancy
recreantalienation, apostasy, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, lack, parting, rebellion, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance
Words nearby Recreancy
recreantrecovered memory, recovery, recovery room, recovery stock, recpt, recreant, recreate, recreation, recreation ground, recreation room, recreational
Origin of Recreancy
t1300–50; Middle English < Old French, adj. and noun use of present participle of recreire to yield in a contest, equivalent to re- re- + creire < Latin crēdere to believe
Other words from Recreancy
rec·re·ance , rec·re·an·cy , noun
rec·re·ant·ly , adverb
un·rec·re·ant , adjective
Word origin for Recreancy
tC14: from Old French, from recroire to surrender, from re- + Latin crēdere to believe; compare miscreant
Synonyms for Recreancy
alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreance, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, tergiversation, withdrawal