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Betrayal

noun

An act of deliberate betrayal. Synonyms: perfidy, treachery, treason.

The quality of aiding an enemy.

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"Betrayal" Quotes from Famous Books

... violently, dashed with great force against the rock, which, being thrown from its balance, was tumbled down the side of the mountain, till it reached its present position. The Scot was speaking with great bitterness of the betrayal of Wallace, when I asked him if it was still considered an insult to turn a loaf of bread bottom upwards in the presence of a Montieth. "Indeed it is, sir," said he, "I ...

— Views a-foot • J. Bayard Taylor

... Ballybay regarded the great betrayal! Mat felt inclined to throw himself into the Shannon, and have done with life as quickly as he was losing hope ...

— Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 • Various

... coming!" said Burgo, betraying by his look and the tone of his voice too clearly that this change in the purpose of a married lady was to him of more importance than it should have been. Such betrayal, however, to Lady Monk was not perhaps matter of ...

— Can You Forgive Her? • Anthony Trollope

... was a pity Friedrich's mildness did not extend to sparing torture as well as death to his treacherous scullion, but perhaps a servant's power of injuring his master was thought a reason for surrounding such instances of betrayal with special horrors. ...

— A Book of Golden Deeds • Charlotte M. Yonge

... mutiny as to her shining prison life now reached almost an open revolt. It was a grateful relief to the Swiss woman, whose agitated heart was softly beating the refrain: "To-morrow! to-morrow! I shall see him again!" She feared a self-betrayal! ...

— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage

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