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PERFIDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of deliberate betrayal
Synonyms:
betrayal; perfidy; treachery; treason
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("perfidy" is a kind of...):
dishonesty; knavery (lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perfidy"):
double-crossing; double cross (an act of betrayal)
sellout (a betrayal of one's principles principles, country, cause, etc.)
Derivation:
perfidious (tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Betrayal of a trust
Synonyms:
perfidiousness; perfidy; treachery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perfidy" is a kind of...):
disloyalty (the quality of being disloyal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perfidy"):
insidiousness (the quality of being designed to entrap)
Derivation:
perfidious (tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans)
