betray

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. Source: opted

4. v. t. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. Source: opted

5. v. t. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. Source: opted

6. v. t. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon. Source: opted

7. v. t. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed. Source: opted

8. v. reveal unintentionally Source: wordnet

9. v. deliver to an enemy by treachery Source: wordnet

10. v. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake Source: wordnet

11. v. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage Source: wordnet

12. v. give away information about somebody Source: wordnet

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