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disloyalty

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1
as in infidelity
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife she was greatly pained by her husband's disloyalty

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2
as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another His disloyalty to the company led to his dismissal.

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“Disloyalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disloyalty. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022.

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