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Treason

//ˈtɹiː.zən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The crime of betraying one’s own country. countable, uncountable

    "Treaſon doth never [pro]ſper: what's the reaſon? / For yf yt [pro]ſper none dare call yt treaſon"

  2. 2
    an act of deliberate betrayal wordnet
  3. 3
    An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a crime that undermines the offender's government wordnet
  5. 5
    disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition.

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