What is the meaning of Recreant?

Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.

Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.

Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.

gerund of recrear

someone who practices or enjoys recreation

third-person plural present active indicative of recreō

alternative form of recreaunt

recreant; defeated

Source: wiktionary.org