One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
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One who quits.
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Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
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Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
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One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a r…
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One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service…
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One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.
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Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
One faithless to principle or party.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
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