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Webster 1828 Edition


Betraying

BETRA'YING

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ppr.
Delivering up treacherously; violating confidence; disclosing contrary to intention; exposing; discovering.

Definition 2024


betraying

betraying

English

Verb

betraying

  1. present participle of betray

Noun

betraying (plural betrayings)

  1. betrayal
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
      Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings [] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves []