Disloyalty

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach. countable
  2. 2
    the quality of being disloyal wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of being disloyal. uncountable

Synonyms

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infidelityapostasybackslidingbad faithbarratrybetrayal

Example

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"Aeneas demands a search for Ascanius, who had stayed within the fleet; but Venus, who fears the queen's instability and the Cartaginean disloyalty, in order to calm her heart, decides to kidnap young Ascanius."

Etymology

From Old French desloiauté (Modern French déloyauté), from des- + loiauté (“loyalty”).

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