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Definition of Betrayal

1. Noun. An act of deliberate betrayal.

Definition of Betrayal

1. n. The act or the result of betraying.

Definition of Betrayal

1. Noun. the act of betraying ¹

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Definition of Betrayal

1. the act of betraying [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Betrayal

Literary usage of Betrayal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chronicles of the City of Perugia, 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio, Edward Strachan Morgan (1905)
"The evening came; and that same night the great calamity was to fall on us, the great betrayal was to be wrought. And the traitors dined together as young ..."

2. A History of the Ancient Working People: From the Earliest Known Period to by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1889)
"... Italy—Epidemic Uprisings—Attempt to Fire the City of Home and have Things common—Conspiracy of Slaves at the Metropolis—Two Traitors—betrayal— Deaths on ..."

3. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"THE betrayal of our Lord may well be placed by Art immediately next to or under the Agony in the Garden. The language of the Gospel is almost identical in ..."

4. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"We give an illustration from this picture (No. 147). The other version of the subject of the betrayal, the kiss of Judas The Kiss of ..."

5. The Messages of Jesus According to the Synoptists: The Discourses of Jesus by Thomas Cuming Hall (1901)
"... Mark 14 : 18-21 ; Luke 22 : 21, 22) When the disciples are gathered about the table Jesus predicts in solemn, prophetic manner the approaching betrayal. ..."

6. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"The shocking sense of collision between a strong rush of feeling and the dread of its betrayal found relief at length in big slow tears, which fell without ..."

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