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Disloyalty - 4 dictionary results
dis⋅loy⋅al⋅ty
[dis-loi-uh
l-tee] 
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the quality of being disloyal; lack of loyalty; unfaithfulness. |
| 2. | violation of allegiance or duty, as to a government. |
| 3. | a disloyal act. |
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1. faithlessness, subversion. Disloyalty, perfidy, treachery, treason imply betrayal of trust. Disloyalty applies to any violation of loyalty, whether to a person, a cause, or one's country, and whether in thought or in deeds: to suspect disloyalty in a friend. Perfidy implies deliberate breaking of faith or of one's pledges and promises, on which others are relying: It is an act of perfidy to cheat innocent people. Treachery implies being secretly traitorous but seeming friendly and loyal: In treachery deceit is added to disloyalty. Treason is performing overt acts to help the enemies of one's country or government: Acting to aid a hostile power is treason.
1. faithlessness, subversion. Disloyalty, perfidy, treachery, treason imply betrayal of trust. Disloyalty applies to any violation of loyalty, whether to a person, a cause, or one's country, and whether in thought or in deeds: to suspect disloyalty in a friend. Perfidy implies deliberate breaking of faith or of one's pledges and promises, on which others are relying: It is an act of perfidy to cheat innocent people. Treachery implies being secretly traitorous but seeming friendly and loyal: In treachery deceit is added to disloyalty. Treason is performing overt acts to help the enemies of one's country or government: Acting to aid a hostile power is treason.
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| dis·loy·al·ty (dĭs-loi'əl-tē) n. pl. dis·loy·al·ties
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Disloyalty
Dis*loy"al*ty\, n. [Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiaut['e], deslealt['e], F. d['e]loyaut['e].] Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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disloyalty
c.1410, from M.Fr. desloyaulte, from O.Fr. desloialteit, from des- "not" + loial "loyal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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