Definition for Betrayal:

• Betrayment; breach of trust.

Synonyms for Betrayal:

• n.

  •
  • a stab in the back,
  • disconnect.
  •
  • trust.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion.
  •act (noun)
  • perfidy,
  • treason,
  • betrayal.
  •dead giveaway (noun)
  • exposure secret,
  • unwitting disclosures,
  • unintentional disclosures,
  • dead-giveaway,
  • communication leaks.
  •deception (noun)
  • fraudulence,
  • dissimulation,
  • hokum,
  • boondoggles,
  • boondoggle,
  • fast one,
  • Double dealing,
  • deceptiveness,
  • cozenage,
  • hypocrisy,
  • beguilements,
  • cunnings,
  • beguilement,
  • disinformation,
  • dupery,
  • double-dealing,
  • Defraudation.
  •defection (noun)
  • defection.
  •desertion (noun)
  • de-relicts,
  • de-parting,
  • de-partings,
  • disavowings,
  • de-relict,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis-affections,
  • dis-affection,
  • de partings,
  • maroonings,
  • running out ons,
  • falling aways,
  • departings,
  • dis-avowals,
  • re treats,
  • dis avowal,
  • dis avowals,
  • de relicts,
  • going back ons,
  • dis avowing,
  • dis-avowal,
  • forsakings,
  • re-treats,
  • defectings,
  • de parting,
  • dis affections,
  • de relict,
  • dis affection,
  • re-treat.
  •disappointments (noun)
  • anticlimax,
  • blind alley,
  • downer,
  • fool's gold,
  • shame,
  • dud,
  • brave new world,
  • false dawn,
  • might-have-been,
  • bummer,
  • disappointment,
  • letdown,
  • nonevent.
  •disclosure (noun)
  • Exposal,
  • divulgence,
  • unveilment,
  • uncovering,
  • revealings,
  • impartation,
  • Divulgation,
  • Revealment,
  • Impartance,
  • snitch,
  • tipoff,
  • tip off.
  •divulgence of information (noun)
  • telling,
  • blurting out,
  • snitching,
  • tattling,
  • squealing,
  • diming,
  • spilling,
  • ratting.
  •exhibition of disloyalty (noun)
  • dishonesty,
  • let-down,
  • unfaithfulness,
  • trickery,
  • duplicity,
  • double-crossing.
  •expose (noun)
  • ex planation,
  • ex pose,
  • ex-plication,
  • ex planations,
  • ex-plications,
  • ex plications,
  • ex-positions,
  • ex-pose,
  • ex-planations,
  • ex-position,
  • ex plication.
  •exposure (noun)
  • susceptivenesses,
  • un folding,
  • un masking,
  • un-masking,
  • un veiling,
  • divulgings,
  • defenselessnesses,
  • denudations,
  • un veilings,
  • un-veilings,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis-play,
  • laying opens,
  • dis plays,
  • un-veiling,
  • unmaskings,
  • un maskings,
  • dis play,
  • un-maskings,
  • un-folding.
  •faithlessness (noun)
  • dis-honesty,
  • dis-belief,
  • ficklenesses,
  • un faithfulnesses,
  • dis beliefs,
  • dis-honesties,
  • in-constancies,
  • dis honesty,
  • dis honesties,
  • in constancies,
  • un-faithfulness,
  • un faithfulness,
  • dis belief,
  • in-constancy,
  • dis-beliefs,
  • un-faithfulnesses,
  • in constancy.
  •falseness (noun)
  • dis-loyalties,
  • false heartedness,
  • dis-loyalty,
  • dis loyalty,
  • dis loyalties.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • backsliding,
  • abandonment,
  • Retractation,
  • about-face,
  • renouncement,
  • abdication,
  • apostasy,
  • denial,
  • crossing,
  • abnegation,
  • turnabout,
  • dereliction.
  •revelation (noun)
  • fore-shadowings,
  • divulgements,
  • eyeopeners,
  • un-earthing,
  • lightning bolts,
  • fore-shadowing,
  • latests,
  • re-velations,
  • adumbrations,
  • un earthing,
  • unearthings,
  • the latests,
  • earfuls,
  • re-velation,
  • re velation,
  • eyeopener,
  • fore shadowings,
  • re velations,
  • fore shadowing.
  •treachery (noun)
  • buncos,
  • stab the back,
  • stab back,
  • puton,
  • fast shuffles,
  • dirty dealings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disloyalty,
  • infidelity,
  • disaffection,
  • sellout.
  •fault
  • Misdoing.

Paraphrases for Betrayal:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    treason, treachery.
  • Proper noun, singular
    treason, treachery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    treason, treachery.
  • Interjection
    treason.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    boar, breach.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    infidelity.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sell-out, deceit, deception, infidelity, traitor.

Antonyms for Betrayal:

• n.

  • exhibition of disloyalty
    devotion, faithfulness, frankness, loyalty, secret, honesty, support, truthfulness, protection, fidelity, forthrightness, openness, quiet.
  • Other antonyms:
    allegiance, steadfastness, dependability, staunchness, fealty, trustworthiness, reliability.

Betrayal Sentence Examples:

• His betrayal of the earl would be less ugly if he, himself, were to share the consequences of that betrayal.

• What she forbade, of course, was the betrayal of her plans.

Hypernym for Betrayal:

• n.

  • act
    double-crossing, sellout, double cross.

Hyponym for Betrayal:

• n.

  • act
    knavery, dishonesty.
  • attribute
    traitorousness, treason, subversiveness.