Not to cherish these feelings would be recreancy to principle.

Amidst the poignancy of her regrets, her shame for her recreancy was sharper still.

His opposition, and their own recreancy of principle, tended rapidly to their overthrow.

To hint to them that Davis would succeed was not only recreancy to freedom, but blasphemy against God.

If I am stopped at my first recreancy and turned directly the contrary way, I think I have courage.'

Jeanne had a girl's pride in wanting this woman to understand that she was in no wise hurt by Marsac's recreancy.

She was devoted to her son, and not at all disposed to take the General's views about his recreancy in politics.