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

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

Now this is recreancy to truth, and therefore to progress.

From Prisoner for Blasphemy by Foote, G. W. (George William)

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

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean

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