Recreancy

//ˈɹɛkɹiənsi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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?"

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"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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