FAITHLESSNESS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

faithlessness

noun

Definition of faithlessness

as in infidelity

lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife a wife who long ago became resigned to the chronic faithlessness of her husband

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as in betrayal

the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another the former butler's mercenary faithlessness shocked and offended the royal family

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Noun

Zvyagintsev’s story, like Chabrol’s, imagines the tragic fallout of a husband discovering his wife’s infidelity.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
His relationship with his wife (Anna Faris) and kids is disintegrating and a National Enquirer journo keeps threatening to run an exposé of his infidelities.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of infidelity

Noun

This included finding stretches of joy amid the pain, and coming to understand her flaws without judgment or fear; in all that, the movie reveals how Tessa could’ve fallen for a charming guy like Julian before his violent betrayal.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
When the crown proves capable of betrayal, Garfield sees the break as spiritual as much as political.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of betrayal

Noun

For one thing covetousness, as opposed to the more concrete sins like theft or murder or adultery, is a thought crime, and almost all that goes on here, happens within the minds of the characters.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Its citizens held slaves, some of whom were shackled for committing adultery.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of adultery

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Law professor Sahar Aziz has documented how, in the post-9/11 era, visible Muslim identity increasingly came to be associated with foreignness and political disloyalty.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Leaders can maintain alumni relationships, make re-entry culturally acceptable and ensure hiring processes do not automatically treat departure as disloyalty.

— Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of disloyalty

Noun

But the hostility toward Jews was evident during the Dreyfus affair, which saw Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army, wrongly convicted of treason in 1894.

— Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
In Russian law, treason is understood as a form of espionage—compromising or working against the Russian state to benefit a foreign power.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of treason

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