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recusance

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recusance
recusancy. — recusant, adj.
See also: Religion, Renunciation


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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 by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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