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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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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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Recent Examples of disloyalty
That shift—from policy disagreement to accusations of disloyalty—is not accidental.
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … 'DISAPPOINTED' – Biden's son slams Harris memoir for disloyalty to father's administration.
—FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Moreover, sometimes a leader falsely alleges a coup plot to purge members of the government suspected of disloyalty.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
A lot of disloyalty this season with lots of empty words.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … 'DISAPPOINTED' – Biden's son slams Harris memoir for disloyalty to father's administration.
—FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Moreover, sometimes a leader falsely alleges a coup plot to purge members of the government suspected of disloyalty.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
A lot of disloyalty this season with lots of empty words.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disloyalty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disloyalty
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With whom, by whom, and thanks to whom is of no significance to him whatsoever, so it can hardly be considered infidelity.—
Agnieszka Szpila,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Fans were outraged when rumors of infidelity on the Irish actor’s part began to circulate.—
Fleurine Tideman,
Glamour,
23 Mar. 2026
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Mamdani received intense backlash over the appeal from advocacy groups, who branded the flip-flop a betrayal.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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As the consequences of that initial act spread through the household, the story develops through status, bloodline and resentment, building into a period drama centered on betrayal, ambition and the struggle for position within the family.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Bible teaches that lying, stealing, adultery and coveting your neighbor’s property are sins.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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The facile novelty of adultery is its own mask, a sexy way of dressing up a deep, frightened longing for security.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Cute kept probing the murky realms between tourism and treachery.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Not having to bear that burden, I was transported by Bentley and his co-writer Greg Kwedar to a Pacific Northwest of quiet beauty and matter-of-fact treachery.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Any time there is a crisis in Iran, the 1953 British-American coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh is dusted off as Exhibit A in the case against Western perfidy.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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But the mayor’s dramatic tale of his predecessor’s fiscal fiddling was designed with a clear political agenda in mind: both to underline the magnitude of the problem and to identify the villains responsible for this perfidy.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
29 Jan. 2026
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For eight months they were not charged with any crime; eventually, the government falsely accused the men of treason and incitement to murder.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The president even suggested that journalists could be charged with treason.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Disloyalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disloyalty. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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