noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of betraying. countable, uncountable

   "But by the same token, an exclusive menu of betrayals is likely to be a starvation diet."

2. 2
   an act of deliberate betrayal wordnet
3. 3
   the quality of aiding an enemy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

perfidytreacherytreacherytreasonperfidytreason

Antonyms

All antonyms

loyaltytrustnonbetrayal

Example

More examples

"This report confirms his betrayal."

Etymology

From betray + -al.

Related phrases

self-betrayalback stabbingjudas did

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