treachery, treason

treachery, treason
Both treachery and treason imply a willful, deliberate betrayal of trust or confidence. Treachery could be applied to the act of being disloyal to a friend or to making unkind statements about someone behind his back. Treason, however, applies solely to betrayal of one's country, to disloyalty to one's citizenship, to violation of allegiance to one's chosen land: "Benedict Arnold committed an act of treason." All treasonable acts are treacherous, but not all treachery is treason.

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  • Treason — Trea son, n. [OE. tresun, treisun, traisoun, OF. tra[ i]son, F. trahison, L. traditio a giving up, a delivering up, fr. tradere to give up, betray. See {Traitor}, and cf. {Tradition}.] 1. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • treachery — [trech′ər ē] n. pl. treacheries [ME trecherie < OFr tricherie, trickery < trichier, to cheat: see TRICK] 1. betrayal of trust, faith, or allegiance; perfidy, disloyalty, or treason 2. an act of perfidy or treason …   English World dictionary

  • Treachery — Treach er*y, n. [OE. trecher[ i]e, trichere, OF. trecherie, tricherie, F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, OF. trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Trickery}, {Trick}.] Violation of allegiance or of faith and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • treachery — index bad faith, collusion, deceit, disloyalty, false pretense, fraud, infidelity, knavery, machination …   Law dictionary

  • treachery — [n] disloyalty, dishonesty betrayal, bunco, corruption, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dirty trick*, dirty work*, disaffection, dodge, double cross*, double dealing*, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, falseness, fast shuffle*, flimflam*, grift, gyp* …   New thesaurus

  • treason — [n] disloyalty breach of faith, crime, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, disaffection, dishonesty, duplicity, faithlessness, lèsemajesté, mutiny, perfidy, revolt, revolutionary, sedition, seditious act, seditiousness, subversion, traitorousness,… …   New thesaurus

  • treason — [trē′zən] n. [ME treison < OFr traïson < L traditio < pp. of tradere, to give or deliver over or up < trans , TRANS + dare, to give: see DATE1] 1. Now Rare betrayal of trust or faith; treachery 2. violation of the allegiance owed to… …   English World dictionary

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