betrayal
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English
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[edit]- IPA(key): /bɪˈtɹeɪəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪəl
Noun
[edit]betrayal (countable and uncountable, plural betrayals)
- 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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[edit]treason — see treason