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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Secret :: Secret (a.) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
Traitor :: Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer..
Betrayed :: Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Peach :: Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
Traitress :: Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause..
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..
Tray :: Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed..
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..
Bewrayment :: Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally..
Betrayer :: Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays..
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..
Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.
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..
Betrayal :: Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
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