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betrayal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perfidy, treachery, treason |
| Type of | knavery, dishonesty |
| Has types | double cross, sellout, double-crossing |
| Derivation | betray |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | subversiveness, traitorousness, treason |
Examples of betrayal
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A romantic triangle emerges amid themes of loyalty, betrayal and forbidden love.
From the dailyherald.com
His willingness to work for Johnson was seen as betrayal by some family members.
From the bostonherald.com
For Hania Mufti as for many Iraqis, the American passivity amounted to betrayal.
From the theatlantic.com
For Taiwan and its supporters in Washington, the idea may sound like a betrayal.
From the theatlantic.com
To call this bevy of beheadings and betrayal dark would be gross understatement.
From the newsobserver.com
Charles Krauthammer called it a betrayal of fundamental conservative principles.
From the economist.com
The IRA was to come to see this as a bitter betrayal by their fellow countrymen.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Chatter about the betrayal saturates the trail, and Cahill makes the most of it.
From the boston.com
Cerberus was accused of betrayal, of suckering the UAW into a giveback contract.
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- Treachery: an act of deliberate betrayal
- The quality of aiding an enemy
- (betray) reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
- (betray) deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
- (betray) fail: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
- (betray) cheat on: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
- Betrayal (or backstabbing) is the breaking or violation of a presumptive social contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. ...
- Betrayal (Norwegian: Lu00F8perjenten) is a 1981 Norwegian drama film directed by Vibeke Lu00F8kkeberg, starring Lu00F8kkeberg and Helge Jordal.
- Betrayal is Harold Pinter's film adaptation of his semi-autobiographical 1978 play Betrayal. The 1983 film was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by David Jones. ...
