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recreantsnounpl. of recreant a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without righttraditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime apostates, defectors, deserters, renegades betrayers, double-crossers, quislings, traitors, traitresses(or traitoresses), turnabouts, turncoatsabandoners, come-outers, dropouts, leaversdefiers, insurgents, insurrectionaries, insurrectionists, mutineers, rebels, reds, revolters, revolutionaries, revolutionists, revolutionizersdiscontents, malcontentsrecusants, refuseniks(also refusniks), refusers loyalists adherents, disciples, followers, supportersfanatics, militants, partisans(also partizans), zealots a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of dangerthe historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it chickens, cowards, cravens, curs, dastards, funks, poltroons, sissies defeatists, quitterscream puffs, milquetoasts, pushovers, pussies(slang), weaklings, wimpscaitiffs, snakes, sneaksostriches, scaramouches heroes, stalwarts, valiants daredevils one who betrays a trust or an allegiancea spy and recreant to his country apostates, backstabbers, betrayers, double-crossers, double-dealers, Judases, quislings, serpents, snakes, traitors, turncoats accommodationists, collaborationists, collaborators, sellouts, subversives, subverterscoconspirators(or co-conspirators), conspirators, intriguers, plotters, schemersdefectors, deserters, renegadesblabbermouths, gossipers, gossipmongers, gossips, informants, informers, rats, rumormongers, snitchers, snitches, squealers, stool pigeons, talebearers, talkers, tattlers, tattletales, telltales |