Recreancy
//ˈɹɛkɹiənsi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being recreant; shameful cowardice; perfidy. countable, uncountable
"What must be the feelings of the sons of Massachusetts when, on any public occasion requiring a statement of her claims, the boast of her former deeds shall be met with the reproach of her later recreancy?"
Example
More examples"What must be the feelings of the sons of Massachusetts when, on any public occasion requiring a statement of her claims, the boast of her former deeds shall be met with the reproach of her later recreancy?"
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