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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
But those in power refuted these links and instead emphasized the disloyalty and illegitimacy of disobeying the will of the majority.
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Time, 2 July 2025
Trump, the most unrelenting figure in American politics, doesn't forgive disloyalty.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
One video aims to appeal to senior Communist Party officials who live in perpetual fear of being snapped up by Xi’s seemingly endless crackdown on corruption and disloyalty.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Jewishness still represents disloyalty and waywardness, and a thing that is in concert with natives and their aspirations for national liberation.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
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Time, 2 July 2025
Trump, the most unrelenting figure in American politics, doesn't forgive disloyalty.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
One video aims to appeal to senior Communist Party officials who live in perpetual fear of being snapped up by Xi’s seemingly endless crackdown on corruption and disloyalty.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Jewishness still represents disloyalty and waywardness, and a thing that is in concert with natives and their aspirations for national liberation.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disloyalty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disloyalty
Noun
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For many couples, infidelity is a nonnegotiable breach of trust, never to be forgiven.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The second season saw the #MomTok group dissipate with Taylor Frankie Paul’s infidelity and the drama with his mistress Jenna.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But for students who have spent years—and significant financial sums—on their education, struggling to land one's first job may feel like a betrayal.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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So this is a temporary hiccup—Indians will be unhappy, anti-Americanism will once again grow within the country’s strategic elite, and stories of American betrayals will persist for years.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In addition, Swazi law has a different definition of adultery for men and for women.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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Certain artistic genres were employed to publicize and critique changes to laws regarding adultery and divorce.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
Noun
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When does compromise become treachery or defeat?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Could Juno be behind this treachery, as payback for David destroying her spy corporation and for changing his oldest daughter into a killer?—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their perfidy is memorialized in the English language, though.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The prior month, Vice President JD Vance had lodged his own complaints about Europe’s alleged perfidy, threatening that the United States might withdraw its security guarantees from Europe if the EU continued to aggressively regulate U.S. tech companies.—
ANU BRADFORD,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
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The main opposition party, CHADEMA, was disqualified in April and its leader Tundu Lissu remains in custody after he was charged with treason for demanding electoral reforms.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ksenia Mironova copes with the absence of her fiancé, also a journalist, who is in prison on charges of treason.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Disloyalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disloyalty. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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