recreant
adjective
[ ˈrɛkrɪənt ]
• cowardly.
• "what a recreant figure must he make"
• unfaithful to a belief; apostate.
recreant
noun
• a coward.
• "the recreant acted with outward boldness"
• a person who is unfaithful to a belief; an apostate.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘surrendering’, present participle of recroire, from medieval Latin (se) recredere ‘surrender (oneself)’, from re- (expressing reversal) + credere ‘entrust’.
