perfidy

[PerĀ·fi*dy]

If you shared your most embarrassing secrets with a friend who then told them to everyone he knows, his betrayal could be described as perfidy.

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The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; teachery.

Noun
an act of deliberate betrayal

Noun
betrayal of a trust


n.
The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.


Perfidy

Per"fi*dy , n.; pl. Perfidies . [L. perfidia, fr. L. perfidus faithless; per (cf. Skr. par'be away) + fides faith: cf. F. perfidie. See Faith.] The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; teachery.
The ambition and perfidy of tyrants.
His perfidy to this sacred engagement.

The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; teachery.

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Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

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