Definition of betray

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Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..

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Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed..
Betrayal :: Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
Traitress :: Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Betrayer :: Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays..
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..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Sell :: Sell (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..
Blood Money :: Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Betraying :: Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betra.
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
Bewrayment :: Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
Tray :: Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.
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..
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 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..
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