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Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.

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  1. n. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
  2. n. betrayal of a trust
  3. n. an act of deliberate betrayal
  4. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason. Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. Chaucer. In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. Macaulay.
  5. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonableor perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
  6. n:100 n. an act of deliberate betrayal