recreant

/'rekriənt/
Adjective
  1. 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
  2. having deserted a cause or principle
    • some provinces had proved recreant
    • renegade supporters of the usurper
Noun
  1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
  2. an abject coward

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A recreant knight fled the battlefield.