dis|loy|al|ty

dis|loy|al|ty
dis|loy|al|ty «dihs LOY uhl tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. lack of loyalty; unfaithfulness: »

The traitor was imprisoned for disloyalty to his country.

2. a disloyal act: »

Revealing secrets to the enemy in wartime is a disloyalty.

Synonym Study 1 Disloyalty, treachery, treason mean faithlessness. Disloyalty means unfaithfulness to the allegiance owed to persons, friends, one's country, or the like: »

They reproached me with disloyalty to my school.

Treachery suggests some definite act of betraying trust while pretending to be loyal: »

Secretly working to hurt a friend is treachery.

Treason applies to treachery to one's country, shown by doing something openly to help the enemy: »

As an American citizen, he was guilty of treason for broadcasting enemy propaganda.


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