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

In his anxiety to so play the impassioned lover as to conceal the recreancy he had fostered in his own heart, Harry did not notice the coolness of this greeting.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

They were theologically reconstructed through their unselfish devotion to humanity and the recreancy of the churches to which they had been attached.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

His opposition, and their own recreancy of principle, tended rapidly to their overthrow.

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Doheny, Michael

But the party desired victory, and they feared a contest which involved an approval of the President's recreancy to solemn pledges voluntarily given.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie