Synonyms for betrayal
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1. betrayalnoun

   Synonyms:
   perfidy, treachery, treason

2. betrayalnoun

   the act of betraying

   Synonyms:
   perfidy, treachery, treason

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1. betrayal

   Synonyms:
   abandonment, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Antonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

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1. treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidynoun

   an act of deliberate betrayal

   Synonyms:
   high treason, perfidiousness, traitorousness, perfidy, subversiveness, treason, treachery, lese majesty

2. betrayalnoun

   the quality of aiding an enemy

   Synonyms:
   treason, perfidy, treachery

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1. • Dishonesty
   • Treason

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1. murder of a king

   you will betray the king if you kill him

   the people betrayed his king

   Submitted by anonymous on March 3, 2020  

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1. betrayalnoun

   Synonyms:
   treason, treachery, perfidy, revelation, exposure, seduction

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1. List of paraphrases for "betrayal":

   treason, treachery, sell-out, boar, betray

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1. Dick Pound:

   When we release this information to the world, there will be a wow factor, people will say :' How on earth could this happen ?' It's a complete betrayal of what the people in charge of the sport should be doing.

2. Kathryn Sermak:

   It was a huge betrayal, miss D never got over it. Never. You don’t just get over something like that… But that doesn’t mean you stop loving the person. It was so horrible… Even with all of that, Miss D said, ‘She’s still my daughter.’ But it broke her heart forever. You don’t get over that.

3. Dahlia Belle:

   Given Chappelle's undeniable cultural impact, Dave Chappelle insistence on my erasure is deeply painful and feels like a betrayal.

4. Louis Maman:

   But there was a real contract and I think there was an alliance and a friendship between Australia and France. It’s spoiling a friendship, i took it as a betrayal.

5. Salman Aziz:

   When a human in happy time, he/she doesn’t understand the reality! He/she doesn’t realize it until he/she is touched by sadness, pain, poverty, refusal, betrayal, hate, abuse and so many things. Until then he/she doesn’t know what the reality is. Cause the reality is very harsh and very hard to accept.