Perfidy

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  • noun. Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery.
  • noun. The act or an instance of treachery.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Breach of faith or trust; base treachery; faithlessness.
  • noun. Synonyms See perfidious.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
  • noun. Specifically, in warfare, an illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
  • noun. A state or act of deceit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an act of deliberate betrayal
  • noun. betrayal of a trust
  • Word Usage
    "But much as she loved England she was very loud in denouncing what she called the perfidy of the mother to the brightest of her children."
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