recreancy
- a word derived from recreant.
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
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
I!" exclaimed Mlle. de Montluc; "I weep over his recreancy?
From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha
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
And still further back: her careless, fiery girlhood—when the knowledge of her mother's recreancy, undermining her sense of responsibility by the condoning suggestion of heredity, had made her quick to excuse her lack of self-control.
From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
