recreant
adjective
cowardly or craven.
recreancy
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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
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 John McElroy
I!" exclaimed Mlle. de Montluc; "I weep over his recreancy?
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
The Thirty-first Congress was not alone remarkable for the great questions it confronted and its shameless recreancy to humanity and justice; it was equally remarkable for its able and eminent men.
From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by George W. Julian
While facing the savage warfare of their former friends Liberal Republicans were suddenly brought into the most friendly and intimate relations with the men whose recreancy to humanity they had unsparingly denounced for years.
From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by George W. Julian
