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

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

To think of it for a moment is base recreancy and intolerable shame.

From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)

But the party desired victory, and they feared a contest which involved an approval of the President's recreancy to solemn pledges voluntarily given.

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

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 Julian, George W.