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Meaning of betray

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  betray
      v 1: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true
           feelings" [syn: {betray}, {bewray}]
      2: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The
         spy betrayed his country" [syn: {betray}, {sell}]
      3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His
         sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally
         failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" [syn:
         {fail}, {betray}]
      4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
         cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
         [syn: {cheat on}, {cheat}, {cuckold}, {betray}, {wander}]
      5: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
         classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce},
         {tell on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {shit},
         {shop}, {snitch}, {stag}]
      6: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company
         deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
         [syn: {deceive}, {betray}, {lead astray}] [ant: {undeceive}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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