recreancy

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

And still further back: her careless, fiery girlhood—when the knowledge of her mother's recreancy, undermining her sense of responsibility by the condoning suggestion of heredity, had made her quick to excuse her lack of self-control.

From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell

His recreancy to the trust reposed in him was the ruin of many.

From The Good Time Coming by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

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

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Doheny, Michael

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.