recreants

plural of recreant
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as in cowards
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreants
Noun
  • Calling Latinos traitors won’t sway any of them back toward Democrats.
    JP Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • With 21 contestants and a mysterious number of traitors among them, it's bound to be a rollicking good time.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Those worried about sodium can take steps to monitor their intake by checking the label on various rotisserie chickens.
    Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Different brands and stores likely have chickens with varying levels of sodium.
    Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And when a couple of grenades are thrown into their space – because insurgents happen to be in the house next door – the action ratchets up and begins to spin out of control for the soldiers.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Troops unknowingly entered an apartment building next to insurgents, and al-Qaeda forces hurled a grenade through a sniper hole, injuring one of the SEALs, Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis).
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Recreants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreants. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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