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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Betrayment :: Betrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
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..
Delilah :: Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Traitor :: Traitor (v. t.) To act the traitor toward; 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..
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..
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..
Bewray :: Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Split :: Split (v. i.) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Judas :: Judas (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.
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..
Betrayed :: Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.
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