betrayal
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edit- IPA(key): /bɪˈtɹeɪəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪəl
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editbetrayal (countable and uncountable, plural betrayals)
- the act of betraying
- 2005, Jesse Helms, Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:
- The betrayal of our friends in Taiwan began with President Carter’s decision to terminate the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan that Congress had ratified in 1954.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Received message: A Traitor:
- One of our own has joined with the alien. If you see him, do not hesitate to let him know what the Roekaar think of this betrayal.
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edittreason — see treason