recreants

noun

Definition of recreantsnext
plural of recreant
1
as in deserters
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime

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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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as in traitors
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance a spy and recreant to his country

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  1. traitors
  2. chickens
  3. insurgents
Noun
  • He is now considered one of America’s worst traitors.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • You are being forced to surrender your country without a fight to the gang of traitors, thieves, and scoundrels who have seized power.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of traitors
Noun
  • Across the yard were chickens kept for their grandchildren.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The group also established a fruit and vegetable garden in line with the island’s natural vegetation — an approach known as permaculture — and introduced chickens so guests can have fresh eggs.
    MaryLou Costa, contributor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of chickens
Noun
  • The group committed multiple attacks in August that killed more than 50 people, to which authorities responded by killing 21 insurgents in the province.
    Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of insurgents
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