recreancy

Example Sentences

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I was certain that New Orleans, louche and corrupted in my view, would condone my recreancy.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2015

It would be sad recreancy to my most sacred duty were I, falling in love with a dream, to forsake a great reality.'

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William

She was devoted to her son, and not at all disposed to take the General's views about his recreancy in politics.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine

Amidst the poignancy of her regrets, her shame for her recreancy was sharper still.

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean

Not to cherish these feelings would be recreancy to principle.

From No Compromise with Slavery An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York by Garrison, William Lloyd