prodition

English

Etymology

From Latin proditio, from prodere (“to give forth, betray”). Compare Old French prodition.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈdɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈdɪʃən/

Noun

prodition (countable and uncountable, plural proditions)

1. (obsolete) Disclosure.
2. (obsolete) Treachery; treason.
   • 19 June 1535, unknown, a letter‎^[1]:

     the ruin of the country, and the prodition of their captains

Related terms

• proditor, proditorious, proditory

References

• “prodition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.