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Synonyms for recreancy
noun defectionMore words related to recreancy
defection
noun. abandonment
desertion
noun. abandonment
- abrogation
- absconding
- apostasy
- avoidance
- backsliding
- betrayal
- castoff
- defecting
- departing
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- disaffection
- disavowal
- disavowing
- divorce
- elusion
- escape
- evasion
- falling away
- falseness
- flight
- forsaking
- going back on
- leaving
- marooning
- perfidy
- recreancy
- rejection
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- running out on
- secession
- tergiversation
- treachery
- truancy
- withdrawal
fear
noun. alarm, apprehension
- abhorrence
- agitation
- angst
- anxiety
- aversion
- awe
- bête noire
- chickenheartedness
- cold feet
- cold sweat
- concern
- consternation
- cowardice
- creeps
- despair
- discomposure
- dismay
- disquietude
- distress
- doubt
- dread
- faintheartedness
- foreboding
- fright
- funk
- horror
- jitters
- misgiving
- nightmare
- panic
- phobia
- presentiment
- qualm
- recreancy
- reverence
- revulsion
- scare
- suspicion
- terror
- timidity
- trembling
- tremor
- trepidation
- unease
- uneasiness
- worry
fears
noun. alarm, apprehension
- abhorrence
- agitation
- angst
- anxiety
- aversion
- awe
- bête noire
- chickenheartedness
- cold feet
- cold sweat
- concern
- consternation
- cowardice
- creeps
- despair
- discomposure
- dismay
- disquietude
- distress
- doubt
- dread
- faintheartedness
- foreboding
- fright
- funk
- horror
- jitters
- misgiving
- nightmare
- panic
- phobia
- presentiment
- qualm
- recreancy
- reverence
- revulsion
- scare
- suspicion
- terror
- timidity
- trembling
- tremor
- trepidation
- unease
- uneasiness
- worry
perfidy
noun. treachery
- betrayal
- bunco
- corruption
- dirty dealing
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- dirty work
- disaffection
- dodge
- double-cross
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- fake
- falseness
- fast shuffle
- flimflam
- grift
- gyp
- infidelity
- perfidiousness
- put-on
- racket
- recreancy
- scam
- sellout
- shell game
- skin game
- spoof
- stab in the back
- sweet talk
- treacherousness
- treason
- two-timing
- whitewash
recreance
noun. defection
submission
noun. compliance
- acquiescence
- appeasement
- assent
- backing down
- bowing
- capitulation
- cringing
- defeatism
- deference
- docility
- giving in
- humbleness
- humility
- malleability
- meekness
- nonresistance
- obedience
- passivism
- passivity
- pliabilty
- prostration
- recreancy
- resignation
- servility
- subjection
- submissiveness
- submitting
- surrender
- tractability
- unassertiveness
- yielding
submissions
noun. compliance
- acquiescence
- appeasement
- assent
- backing down
- bowing
- capitulation
- cringing
- defeatism
- deference
- docility
- giving in
- humbleness
- humility
- malleability
- meekness
- nonresistance
- obedience
- passivism
- passivity
- pliabilty
- prostration
- recreancy
- resignation
- servility
- subjection
- submissiveness
- submitting
- surrender
- tractability
- unassertiveness
- yielding
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