treason
Meanings
Plural: treasons
Noun
- a crime that undermines the offender's government
- disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
- an act of deliberate betrayal
- The crime of betraying one’s own country.
- An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition.
Synonyms
betrayal, high treason, lese majesty, perfidiousness, perfidy, subversiveness, traitorousness, treacherousness, treachery
Scrabble Score: 7
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