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)

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

Thou didst know what Thou didst not hear, my muttered recreancy and treason, and my blurted out oaths of denial.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander

Jeanne had a girl's pride in wanting this woman to understand that she was in no wise hurt by Marsac's recreancy.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie