Recreant word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "recreant" word

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

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\Rec"re*ant\ (-ant), a. [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See {Creed}.] 1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. ``This recreant knight.'' --Spenser. 2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. --Milton.
\Rec"re*ant\, n. One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone. You are all recreants and dastards! --Shak.

Synonyms for recreant

apostate, coward(a), cowardly, craven, craven, deserter, disloyal, fearful, poltroon, ratter, renegade, renegade

The fun area, different aproach to word »recreant«

Let's analyse "recreant" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNAERCER. Average typing speed for these characters is 2135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-. . -.-. .-. . .- -. -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: recreant: 5 + 5 + 1 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: recreant: 9 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 39, reduced: 3, and the final result is Three.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
R (2)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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