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betrayal

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From betray +‎ -al.

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betrayal (countable and uncountable, plural betrayals)

  1. The act of betraying.
    • 1995 March 5, Robert Grudin, “Treasonable Matter”, in The New York Times[1]:
      But by the same token, an exclusive menu of betrayals is likely to be a starvation diet.
    • 2005, Jesse Helms, Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir[2], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:
      The betrayal of our friends in Taiwan began with President Carter’s decision to terminate the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan that Congress had ratified in 1954.
    • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Received message: A Traitor:
      One of our own has joined with the alien. If you see him, do not hesitate to let him know what the Roekaar think of this betrayal.

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