Synonyms for recreancy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rek-ree-uhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk ri ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for recreancy
Définition of recreancy
Origin :- "one who yields in combat, one who begs for mercy, one who admits defeat," early 15c., hence "coward, faint-hearted wretch;" from recreant (adj.) and from Old French recreant as a noun, "one who acknowledges defeat, a craven, coward, renegade, traitor, wretch." In English, sense of "apostate, deserter, villain" is from 1560s.
- noun defection
- Not to cherish these feelings would be recreancy to principle.
- Extract from : « No Compromise with Slavery » by William Lloyd Garrison
- Amidst the poignancy of her regrets, her shame for her recreancy was sharper still.
- Extract from : « Annie Kilburn » by William Dean Howells
- His opposition, and their own recreancy of principle, tended rapidly to their overthrow.
- Extract from : « The Felon's Track » by Michael Doheny
- To hint to them that Davis would succeed was not only recreancy to freedom, but blasphemy against God.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 » by Various
- If I am stopped at my first recreancy and turned directly the contrary way, I think I have courage.'
- Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
- Jeanne had a girl's pride in wanting this woman to understand that she was in no wise hurt by Marsac's recreancy.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- She was devoted to her son, and not at all disposed to take the General's views about his recreancy in politics.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
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