1. cowardly or disloyal; unfaithful to duty or allegiance
Usage: formal; literary

1. a coward or traitor; one who is unfaithful to duty
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The recreant knight abandoned his post during the battle.
• She called him a recreant for betraying his friends.
• The general condemned the recreant soldiers who fled.
• His recreant behavior shocked those who trusted him.
• The recreant refused to defend his homeland.
• Many viewed the defector as a recreant to his country.