English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-betray.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ|-eɪ
Verb
en-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.
#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.
#To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
#To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
#To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
#To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
#To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
Derived terms
betrayal pos_n
Translations
trans-top|To deliver into the hands of an enemy
Czech: zradit
Dutch: verraden
German: verraten
trans-mid
Serbian: izdati
Slovene: izdati
trans-bottom
trans-top|To prove faithless or treacherous
Dutch: verraden
Hebrew: ����� (livgod)
Japanese ��� (����, uragiru)
trans-mid
Serbian: izdajni�ki, izdajstvo
Slovene: izdati
trans-bottom
trans-top|To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret
Dutch: verraden
Hebrew: ����� (livgod)
trans-mid
Serbian: obelodaniti, odati
Slovene: izdati
trans-bottom
trans-top|To disclose or discover
Dutch: verraden, onthullen, verspreken
trans-mid
Serbian: odati, prona�i
Slovene: izdati
trans-bottom
trans-top|To lead astray, as a maiden
Dutch: bedriegen
Serbian: zalutati
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|To show or to indicate
Dutch: verraden
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