Definition of betray

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Betray (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..

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Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Betray :: Betray (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..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason..
Aceldama :: Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed..
Betrayal :: Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
Bewray :: Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Treason :: Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery..
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
Tray :: Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known..
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Secret :: Secret (a.) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Judas :: Judas (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
Betrayed :: Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.
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