recreancy
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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 Amanda Minnie Douglas
Swann remained silent, and, by this fresh act of recreancy, spoiled the brilliant tournament of dialectic which Mme.
From Swann's Way by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Scott-Moncrieff
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 William Lloyd Garrison
His recreancy to the trust reposed in him was the ruin of many.
From The Good Time Coming by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
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