recreant

adj 1: having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had

proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"

[syn: {renegade}]

2: 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

[syn: {craven}]

n 1: an abject coward [syn: {poltroon}, {craven}]

2: a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or

political party or friend etc. [syn: {deserter}, {apostate},

{renegade}]