Treachery definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TREACHERY, n. trech'ery. Violation of allegiance or of faith and ... in any manner, violates his allegiance, and is guilty of treachery. This is treason. The man who violates his faith pledged ... which a promise of fidelity is implied, is guilty of treachery. The disclosure of a secret committed to one in confidence, is treachery. This is perfidy. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery] 2: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, ...
... The act of violating faith, a promise, vow or allegiance; treachery; the violation of a trust reposed. Perfidy is not applied ... 2005) n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery] 2: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -dies) Etymology ... 1. the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal ; treachery 2. an act or an instance of disloyalty Oxford Reference Dictionary n. breach of faith; treachery. Derivatives: perfidious adj. perfidiously adv. Etymology: L perfidia f. perfidus ... of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery. The ambition and perfidy of tyrants. --Macaulay. His perfidy ...
... treason, subversiveness, traitorousness] 3: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... traitor Date: 13th century 1. the betrayal of a trust ; treachery 2. the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow ... the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. The treason of the murthering in the bed. --Chaucer. Note ... comfort. 2. Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy. If he be false, she shall his treason see ... love of variety. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Treachery (to a sovereign or a Government), disloyalty, breach of allegiance ... quislingism, ratting, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, renunciation, secession, sedition, seditiousness, treacherousness, treachery, treasure, treasure trove, treasure-house, treasury, turning traitor
... 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; as, an officer betrayed ... feelings" [syn: betray, bewray] 2: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray ... astray; especially seduce 2. to deliver to an enemy by treachery 3. to fail or desert especially in time of need ... 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously ... up to the authorities; he did it under circumstances of treachery which modified its character: (a) he took advantage of his ... Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery. 4. Divulge, reveal, discover, expose, tell, blab, show, make ...
... Elamite Seed-royal; Assyria's Triumph (14) Elamite Ingratitude and Treachery (15) Elam's Further Changes of Rulers (16) King Tammaritu's Treachery (17) Dominion Passes from Assyria (18) The Later State of ... neck of Samgunu, Dunanu's brother. (14) Elamite Ingratitude and Treachery. For a time there was peace in Elam, but soon ... each other through with their swords. (16) King Tammaritu's Treachery. Nevertheless Assur-bani-apli decided to replace Tammaritu, the former ...
... 1. Contrariety to truth; falsehood. 2. Want of veracity. 3. Treachery; want of fidelity. Obs. 4. False assertion. No untruth can ... of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. --Chaucer. 2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. --Shak. Syn: Lie; falsehood. See Lie. Collin's ... VAR Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Falsehood, treachery, want of fidelity. 2. Falsehood, lie, fiction, fabrication, story, forgery ...
... vain to obtain possession of the person of Judas by treachery. He made havoc of the Jews, by killing friend and ... by Nicanor, who also failed to dispose of Judas by treachery. In the ensuing battle at Capharsalama he was defeated and ... 139 BC, but fell at last a victim to the treachery of his own son-in-law, Ptolemeus (Ptolemy, 1 Macc ...
... s adjective Date: 14th century 1. characterized by or manifesting treachery ; perfidious 2. a. likely to betray trust ; unreliable < a treacherous ... noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 guilty of or involving treachery. 2 (of the weather, ice, the memory, etc.) not to ... Treach"er*ous, a. [See Treacher.] Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or ...
... marriage covenant by adultery or lewdness. 4. Breach of trust; treachery; deceit; as the infidelity of a friend or a servant ... of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. ``The infidelity of ... nonbelief, nullifidianism, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, romance, romantic tie, secularism, traitorousness, treachery, triangle, trothlessness, unbelief, unbelievingness, unfaith, unfaithfulness, unloyalty, unsteadfastness, untrueness
... wicked Alcimus high priest. After a violent struggle and much treachery on the part of Bacchides (Ant., XII, x, 2), the ... attempted to win by guile, but Judas saw through his treachery, and Nicanor was forced to fight openly, suffering two signal ... and essayed the conquest of Judea. Jonathan was killed by treachery, and Simon, his successor, made proposals of peace to Demetrius ...
... to his word. 2. Duplicity; deceit; double-dealing. 3. Unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; traitorousness. The prince is in no danger of being ... fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or ... sorcery, specious appearance, spoofery, spoofing, subterfuge, surreptitiousness, swindling, tergiversation, treacherousness, treachery, trickiness, tricking, trothlessness, two-facedness, unactuality, unction, unctuousness, underhandedness, unfaith ...
... 1828 Dictionary PERFID'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being perfidious; treachery; traitorousness; breach of faith, of vows or allegiance. WordNet (r ... 2005) n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery] Merriam Webster's noun see perfidious Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...
... asleep when murdered, and thus try to convert Jael's treachery into strategy. But to kill your guest while he is ... is no need for us to try to justify the treachery of Jael in order to explain the words of Deborah ...