DISLOYALTY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

disloyalty

noun

(ˌ)dis-ˈlȯi(-ə)l-tē

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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 The first three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and were expelled for disloyalty. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 Walt had long described himself as a benevolent father to his workers, and the strike seemed an act of personal betrayal and disloyalty verging on patricide. —

Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 In this small-scale thriller, disloyalty and passion are judged almost as harshly as murder. —

Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026 Pictures removed Azmoun later removed the pictures but was still lambasted on state TV on Thursday with soccer pundit Mohammad Misaghi saying the striker’s actions had been an act of disloyalty. —

Reuters, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disloyalty

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Betrayals and scandals like this are endemic to reality TV; the Bravoverse in particular is still living in the long shadow of 2023’s Scandoval, the tectonic collapse inside Vanderpump Rules that was also fueled by inter-group infidelity.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 10 June 2026
At one point, Gates testified that Epstein used his infidelity to his wife Melinda Gates to try to keep their relationship intact.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026