recreancy

Noun

 * 1) The quality or state of being recreant; shameful cowardice; perfidy.
 * 2) * 1981, C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin (rev. by D.J. Enright), Swann’s Way by, Part Two: "Swann in Love":
 * Swann remained silent, and, by this fresh act of recreancy, spoiled the brilliant dialectical contest which Mme Verdurin was rejoicing at being able to offer to Forcheville.
 * 1) * 1981, C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin (rev. by D.J. Enright), Swann’s Way by, Part Two: "Swann in Love":
 * Swann remained silent, and, by this fresh act of recreancy, spoiled the brilliant dialectical contest which Mme Verdurin was rejoicing at being able to offer to Forcheville.
 * 1) * 1981, C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin (rev. by D.J. Enright), Swann’s Way by, Part Two: "Swann in Love":
 * Swann remained silent, and, by this fresh act of recreancy, spoiled the brilliant dialectical contest which Mme Verdurin was rejoicing at being able to offer to Forcheville.