recreancies

/rɪˈkriːənsiːz/
noun
  1. Instances or qualities of being cowardly or unfaithful.
    • The general's recreancies cost the army its advantage.
    • They spoke of his recreancies with disappointment.
    • The novel explores the recreancies of its flawed hero.
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