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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

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

They found in him only a guilty recreancy to sacred principle for the same act which in themselves was inspired by devotion to the Union.

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

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)

I!" exclaimed Mlle. de Montluc; "I weep over his recreancy?

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha