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

Swann remained silent, and, by this fresh act of recreancy, spoiled the brilliant tournament of dialectic which Mme.

From Swann's Way by Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

His recreancy to the trust reposed in him was the ruin of many.

From The Good Time Coming by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

They could take him and trample on him, and flaunt his recreancy before Wilkinson even; he didn't want to kiss any more, even the fresh young lips of the children.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

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