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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. betrayal of a trust;
[syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery]

2. an act of deliberate betrayal;
[syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Treachetour
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

treachery n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery] 2: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy]