Meaning of Recreant | Babel Free

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

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“[I]n the Choephoroe of Aeschylus Orestes pursues the same idea saying that unless he avenges his father, a stern duty which has devolved upon him, he will be punished in turn⟳ by the avengers of his father's wrongs. It may be remarked that in Maina to-day no recourse must be had to law for such cases, nor must the injured person satisfy⟳ himself by calling upon the aid of the police. To do this were incredibly base⟳, the subterfuge of a recreant and a craven.”

“If Scholz believed he could dodge a reckoning after his party was beaten into a humiliating third place⟳ by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, he, like⟳ most recreants, is likely mistaken.”

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