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Meaning of "recreance" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF RECREANCE

ˈrɛkrɪəns


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECREANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recreance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RECREANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of recreance in the English dictionary

The definition of recreance in the dictionary is the quality of being cowardly or faint-hearted.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECREANCE

alliance · appliance · audience · compliance · convenience · covariance · esurience · experience · inexperience · invariance · luxuriance · miscreance · miscreaunce · postexperience · prurience · reliance · science · tarriance · variance · vicariance

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECREANCE

recovery vessel · recreancy · recreant · recreantly · recreate · recreation · recreation area · recreation centre · recreation ground · recreation room · recreational · recreational drug · recreational sex · recreational therapist · recreational therapy · recreational vehicle · recreationist · recreative · recreatively · recreator

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECREANCE

advance · allegeance · appearance · assistance · balance · bienseance · chance · creance · dance · distance · enhance · faineance · finance · France · imbalance · intransigeance · permeance · seance · vengeance · with a vengeance

Synonyms and antonyms of recreance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «recreance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECREANCE

Find out the translation of recreance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of recreance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recreance» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

懦弱
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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recreance
570 millions of speakers
en

English

recreance
510 millions of speakers
hi

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recreance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النذالة
280 millions of speakers
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recreance
278 millions of speakers
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recreance
270 millions of speakers
bn

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recreance
260 millions of speakers
fr

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recreance
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Rekreasi
190 millions of speakers
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recreance
180 millions of speakers
ja

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recreance
130 millions of speakers
ko

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recreance
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Recreance
85 millions of speakers
vi

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recreance
80 millions of speakers
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recreance
75 millions of speakers
mr

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पुनरुत्थान
75 millions of speakers
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recreance
70 millions of speakers
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recreance
65 millions of speakers
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recreance
50 millions of speakers
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recreance
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

recreance
30 millions of speakers
el

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recreance
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

recreance
14 millions of speakers
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recreance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

recreance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recreance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECREANCE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about recreance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECREANCE»

Discover the use of recreance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recreance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Commentaries Upon International Law
He afterwards usually receives, in return, letters or papers to facilitate his return ( what are termed lettres de recreance (/), recreditiu), and his passport, and sometimes a present ; but the Republic of the North American United States follows the ...
Sir Robert Phillimore, 1871
2
A History of Continental Criminal Procedure: With Special ...
The arrest was styled the " prise," 3 but it was attended by the liberation on bail or " recreance," 4 and from this point of view the old customary law was liberal enough. The "Livre de Jostice et de Plet," treating of bail, commences as follows ...
A. Esmein, 2000
3
Sade: A Biographical Essay
'5 Equally irritating to Jean- Baptiste was the fact that Baumez was hesitant about returning the recreance letter to the elector. He had even suggested that grave dangers were attached to such a move, but the comte was having none of it.
Laurence L. Bongie, 2000
4
Boyer's Royal Dictionary Abridged: In Two Parts ... ...
Recracher, v. n. K a. 1. to spit of- tctt, tO tpit Iffttoll Recreance, s.f. a provisional passes sion given in a sui fartk's till the cuitsebe determined. Lettres de recreance, rtcrcdcrt- tiah. Refrcstif, ive, a. rrcreatht, diverting, picotant, delightful, entertaining.
Abel Boyer, William Gardiner, 1814
5
Dictionnaire français-anglais et anglais-français, abrégé
Recreance , s. f . provisional possession given in a snit to one of the parties till the cause be determined, Ltttres de recreance , recredentials. Recreati-f, ve, adj. recreative , diverting , pleasant , delightful , entertaining. Recreation, s. f. recreation ...
Abel Boyer, 1816
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Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and ...
Recreance, re-kra-ens, s. f. provisional possession given in a suit to one of the parties till the cause be determined. Lcitrestk recreance, recredentials. Recreati-f, ve, ra-kra-a-tif, tlv, adj. re- creativc,diverling,pleasant, delightful, entertaining.
Abel Boyer, 1827
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The Royal Dictionary: Abridged in Two Parts, I French and ...
Recreance, S. F. a Provifional Pcffe/fion given in a Suit toaneof the Partiel, till the Caufe. be determined. Lettres de recreance, r«r<- dentiaiu Récréatif, ive, A. recreative, diverting, pleafant, delightful, eu- tertaining. Recreation, S. F. retreation ...
Abel Boyer, 1728
8
On Moral Personhood: Philosophy, Literature, Criticism, and ...
(1.237-69) Here the image of false stewardship in recreance of mind captures the sense that recreance threatens the sustenance and very existence of personhood. To have a mind so baffled and perplexed is to verge on failing to exercise the ...
Richard Thomas Eldridge, 1989
9
Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Poet's Life
Forebodings are the fiends of Recreance; The master of the moment, the clean seer Of ages, too securely scans what is, Ever to be appalled at what is not; He sees beyond the groaning borough lines Of Hell, God's highways gleaming, and he ...
Scott Donaldson, 2013
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The Council of Europe French-English Legal Dictionary:
INTENTION lettre detention - letter of intent. • MISSIVE - lettre missive - personal letter; letter, card, etc sent through the post or by messenger. • RAPPEL - lettres de rappel - (ambassador's) letters of recall. . RECREANCE - lettres de recreance  ...
F. H. S. Bridge, 1994
REFERENCE
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