Defenition of the word treachery

• Defenition of the word treachery

  • The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed.
  • The breaking or violation of a presumptive social contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations.
  • betrayal of a trust
  • an act of deliberate betrayal

Synonyms for the word treachery

• • betrayal
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • disloyalty
  • duplicity
  • perfidiousness
  • perfidy
  • sedition
  • treason

Similar words in the treachery

• • treachery
  • treachery's

Hyponyms for the word treachery

• • double cross
  • double-crossing
  • insidiousness
  • sellout

Hypernyms for the word treachery

• • dishonesty
  • disloyalty
  • knavery

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