[n] a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
[n] an abject coward
[adj] 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
[adj] having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
Synonyms
apostate, coward(a), cowardly, craven, craven, deserter, disloyal, fearful, poltroon, ratter, renegade, renegade