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   recreant

   /ˈrɛkrɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. cowardly: "what a recreant figure must he make"
   • 2. unfaithful to a belief; apostate.

   noun

   • 1. a coward: "the recreant acted with outward boldness"
   • 2. a person who is unfaithful to a belief; an apostate.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘surrendering’, present participle of recroire, from medieval Latin (se) recredere ‘surrender (oneself)’, from re- (expressing reversal) + credere ‘entrust’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. recreancy noun
   • 2. recreantly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

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