Thesaurus: betray

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. t. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
4. v. t. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
5. v. t. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
6. v. t. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
7. v. t. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
8. v. reveal unintentionally
9. v. deliver to an enemy by treachery
10. v. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
11. v. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
12. v. give away information about somebody