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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as recusancy.

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  • However, a letter was written reminding the Gerad of “the word spoken under the tree,” and containing, in case of recusance, a threat to cut off the salt well at which his cows are periodically driven to drink.

    First footsteps in East Africa 2003

  • However, a letter was written reminding the Gerad of "the word spoken under the tree," and containing, in case of recusance, a threat to cut off the salt well at which his cows are periodically driven to drink.

    First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • To refuse to suffer is a sign of weakness rather than of courage, and, moreover, was it not a sort of recusance to take leave of life in despondency, an abjuration of the Christian faith which is based upon the sublime words of Jesus Christ: 'Blessed are they that mourn.'

    The Country Doctor Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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