betray

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.

2. 2transitive verb

   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.

3. 3transitive verb

   To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

4. 4transitive verb

   To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

5. 5transitive verb

   To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

6. 6transitive verb

   To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

7. 7transitive verb

   To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

8. 8verb

   give away information about somebody

   "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

   Synonyms

   denouncegrassratshitshopsnitchstag
9. 9verb

   cause someone to believe an untruth

   "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

   Synonyms

   deceive
10. 10verb

    reveal unintentionally

    "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

    Synonyms

    bewray
11. 11verb

    disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

    "His sense of smell failed him this time"

    "His strength finally failed him"

    Synonyms

    fail
12. 12verb

    deliver to an enemy by treachery

    "Judas sold Jesus"

    "The spy betrayed his country"

    Synonyms

    sell
13. 13verb

    be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

    "She cheats on her husband"

    "Might her husband be wandering?"

    Synonyms

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