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- Dictionarybetrayal/bɪˈtreɪəl/
noun
- 1. the action of betraying one's country, a group, or a person; treachery: "the betrayal by the king by his daughter" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of BETRAYAL is the act of betraying someone or something or the fact of being betrayed : violation of a person's trust or confidence, of a moral standard, etc.. How to use betrayal in a sentence.
BETRAYAL definition: 1. an act of betraying someone or something, or the fact of someone or something being betrayed…. Learn more.
BETRAYAL meaning: 1. an act of betraying someone or something, or the fact of someone or something being betrayed…. Learn more.
noun. the act of exposing or delivering someone to an enemy through treachery or disloyalty: This security leak was an inexcusable betrayal of an ally whose very existence is now threatened. the act of disappointing a person’s trust, hopes, or expectations:
A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
Betrayal means "an act of deliberate disloyalty," like when your friend told other people all your secrets. What a betrayal! Betrayal's root is betray, which comes from the Middle English word bitrayen — meaning "mislead, deceive." Betrayal has to do with destroying someone's trust, possibly by lying.
noun. /bɪˈtreɪəl/. /bɪˈtreɪəl/. [uncountable, countable] the act of betraying somebody/something or the fact of being betrayed. a sense/a feeling/an act of betrayal. I saw her actions as a betrayal of my trust. the many disappointments and betrayals in his life. Memories of his betrayal still haunted her.
to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies: He was accused of betraying his country during the war. She felt betrayed by her mother's lack of support. For years they betrayed the UK's secrets to Russia.
1. a. To give aid or information to an enemy of; commit treason against: betray one's country. b. To inform upon or deliver into the hands of an enemy in violation of a trust or allegiance: "City investigators betrayed him to his bosses as a whistle-blower" (Selwyn Raab). 2. To be false or disloyal to: betrayed a cause; betray one's spouse. 3.
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country. to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling: to betray a trust. to disappoint the hopes or expectations of; be disloyal to: to betray one's friends.
