English to Estonian Meaning of recreant - reetja

Recreant :

reetja

noun

reetja, rott

adjective

reetja

Recreant :: reetjaRecreants :: recreants

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Definitions of recreant in English

Noun(1) an abject coward(2) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Adjective(1) having deserted a cause or principle(2) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

Examples of recreant in English

(1) ├ö├ç├┐Where is this recreant knight?├ö├ç├û said Francesca.(2) The sultan gave him one of his female relatives in marriage, and the recreant knight appeared before Jerusalem at the head of an army of the infidels.(3) They told me he was a recreant and a coward, but I knew it was false.(4) The chief fallacy appears to be this - Ôö¼┬íthat he insists that the race must always count for more than the individual, and that the individual must fall in line and step with the average conventions of the race at the expense of his own well-being, or be judged a deserter and a recreant .(5) Had she gone abroad to seek him and win his recreant heart again?(6) As a lover, his story stands out forever as a warning to the timid and the recreant .(7) For he did not dare give battle to our King of England; but, like a coward and a recreant knight, he made a lady, the Countess of Henaud, his messenger to come to our King and his Council, and pray that he would cease, and no more spill the blood of Christians or destroy their goods.(8) Any whitewashing on the part of the committee, or any attempt to "let down easy" a man who has been so recreant to a great public trust, cannot fail to have a serious effect upon the fortunes of the men responsible for it, and upon any political party that may, through its control of legislative action, uphold them in such a course.(9) Wordsworth compares himself to a truant, a false steward, a recreant , when he does not write poetry, when poetic numbers fail to come spontaneously, when his harp is defrauded and the singer ends in silence.(10) This I understand to mean that the punishment for recreancy falls on the champion himself unless his hirer raises him from the field.(11) Cowardice had stayed my hand and silenced my tongue, and now I would have to live with the outcome of my insufferable recreancy .

(1) data recovery ::

andmete taastamine

(2) speedy recovery ::

kiiret paranemist

(3) economic recovery ::

majanduse taastumist

(4) recovery time ::

taastumisaeg

(5) recovery room ::

ärkamisruumis

(6) complete recovery ::

täielik taastumine

(7) file recovery ::

toimiku taastamise

(8) full recovery ::

täielik taastumine

(9) energy recovery ::

energia taastamise

(10) oil recovery ::

naftareostusetõrje

Synonyms

Adjective

1. renegade ::

salgaja

Noun

2. poltroon ::

poltroon

3. craven ::

argpükslik

Antonyms

1. brave ::

vapper

2. courageous ::

julge

3. daring ::

uljus

4. dauntless ::

Peloton

5. doughty ::

Doughty

6. gallant ::

galantne

7. hardy ::

hardy

8. intrepid ::

kartmatu

9. stalwart ::

tüse

10. stout ::

stout

11. valiant ::

vapper

12. valorous ::

vapper

Different Forms

recreant, recreants

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