| recreant | (adjective) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful | Synonyms: craven |
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| (adjective) having deserted a cause or principle | Synonyms: renegade |
| (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: craven, poltroon |
| (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, renegade, turncoat |
| recreate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| (verb) form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind | Synonyms: re-create |
| (verb) produce or make another of | Synonyms: re-create |
| (verb) make a replica of | Synonyms: copy, re-create |
| (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, hearten |
| (verb) engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion | Synonyms: play |
| recreation | (noun) an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates | Synonyms: diversion |
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| (noun) activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation | Synonyms: refreshment |
| recreational | (adjective) of or relating to recreation | - |
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| (adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: amateur, unpaid |
| recriminate | (verb) return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return | - |
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| recrimination | (noun) mutual accusations | - |
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| recriminative | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminatory |
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| recriminatory | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminative |
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| recrudesce | (verb) become raw or open | Synonyms: break out, erupt |
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| (verb) happen | Synonyms: break, develop |
| recrudescence | (noun) a return of something after a period of abatement | - |
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| recrudescent | (adjective) the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement | - |
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| recruit | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: enlistee |
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| (noun) a recently enlisted soldier | Synonyms: military recruit |
| (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: levy, raise |
| (verb) seek to employ | - |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, raise |
| recruiter | (noun) an official who enlists personnel for military service | - |
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| (noun) someone who supplies members or employees | - |
| recruitment | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: enlisting |
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