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part of speech:	adjective
definition 1:	not faithful to a cause or set of principles; disloyal. similar words: apostate, dastardly, disloyal, renegade
definition 2:	lacking courage; cowardly. similar words: dastardly
related words:	false, unfaithful

part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	one who betrays; traitor. The recreants who mutinied will be executed. similar words: renegade
definition 2:	a cowardly person. similar words: coward
related words:	heretic
derivations:	recreantly (adv.), recreance (n.), recreancy (n.)

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