betrayal

Definition of betrayal in English English dictionary: the act of betraying; {i} disloyalty; an act of deliberate betrayal; The act or the result of betraying; the quality of aiding an enemy; A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed. She felt that what she had done was a betrayal of Patrick. when you betray your country, friends, or someone who trusts you betrayal of; betrayment; bewrayment
betrayal of trust: breach of trust, violation of confidence
betray: To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed
betray: To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city
betray: To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally
betray: To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin
betray: {v} to violate a trust, deliver up treacherously, disclose in violation of duty or trust, expose what is meant to be concealed
betray: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
betray: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
betray: If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing conceal
betray: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
betray: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
betray: To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known
betray: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country
betray: To show or to indicate; said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed
betray: To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause
betray: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country
betray: If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes. + betrayer betrayers be·tray·er She was her friend and now calls her a betrayer
betray: To violate the confidence of by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known
betray: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
betray: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
betray: {f} be disloyal; reveal a secret; deliver, hand over (to the enemy)
betray: To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon
betray: If someone betrays their country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk. They offered me money if I would betray my associates The group were informers, and they betrayed the plan to the Germans. + betrayer be·tray·er `Traitor!' she screamed. `Betrayer of England!'
betray: If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs. We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment. + betrayer be·tray·er Babearth regarded the middle classes as the betrayers of the Revolution
betrayals: plural of betrayal