recreant (
http://definr.com/recreant)
adj 1: having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had
proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
[syn:
renegade]
2: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful;
"the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to
raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser
[syn:
craven]
n 1: an abject coward [syn:
poltroon,
craven]
2: a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or
political party or friend etc. [syn:
deserter,
apostate,
renegade]