recreant.
Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
Meaning & usage
Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). Compare miscreant.
Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). Compare miscreant.
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