How to pronounce recreant
American English pronunciation
REK-ree-unt
- IPA
- /ˈɹɛkɹi.ənt/
- Syllables
- REK · ree · unt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What recreant means
Untrue to a duty or a cause, often from fear
In a sentence: The recreant guard slipped away and left the castle gate unwatched.
Where it comes from: It came from an old French word for someone who gave up and surrendered, from a verb meaning to yield. It is related to miscreant.
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