Entry Word: betrayal

Function: noun

Meaning: the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another <the terrible betrayal of having her best friend reveal her confidences to others>

Synonyms disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, sellout, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness

Related Words abandonment, desertion; deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile; fraud, informing, lying, snitching, talebearing, trickery

Near Antonyms dependability, reliability, trustworthiness; allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, staunchness, steadfastness; defense, protection, safeguard, shield