betraying
- 1
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
โan officer betrayed the cityโ
- 2
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
โMy eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.โ
- 3
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- 4
To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
โThough he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.โ
- 5
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- 6
To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
Synonyms
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Betrayal
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