Definition of betray

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Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known..

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Split :: Split (v. i.) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Sell :: Sell (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray..
Judas :: Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known..
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
Aceldama :: Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed..
False :: False (a.) To betray; to falsify.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city..
Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep..
Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason..
Betraying :: Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betra.
Treason :: Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery..
Betrayer :: Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Bewray :: Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Traitor :: Traitor (v. t.) To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Tray :: Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.
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