# recreant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹɛkɹɪənt/

## Definitions
1. Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
2. Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.

## Etymology
From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). Compare miscreant.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/recreant