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treason
treason
noun
Definition of TREASON
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another <reading a friend's diary without permission would have to be regarded as the ultimate act of personal treason>
Synonyms backstabbing, business, disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, sellout, treachery, treason, two-timing, unfaithfulness
Related Words abandonment, desertion; deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, two-facedness; fraud, informing, lying, snitching, talebearing, trickery
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