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
Now this is recreancy to truth, and therefore to progress.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
They could take him and trample on him, and flaunt his recreancy before Wilkinson even; he didn't want to kiss any more, even the fresh young lips of the children.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
They were theologically reconstructed through their unselfish devotion to humanity and the recreancy of the churches to which they had been attached.
From Unitarianism in America by George Willis Cooke
Amidst the poignancy of her regrets, her shame for her recreancy was sharper still.
From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by William Dean Howells
