Recreant
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Recreant is an adjective that means cowardly or unfaithful to duty. The word can also be used as a noun that refers to a coward. The Latin word ‘recredere’ means ‘to surrender.’ A recreant is someone eager to surrender. In difficult times, being a recreant is not what the world needs. A truly courageous person accepts the challenge of trying times.