Another word for treason
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Noun
Willful violation of allegiance to one's country
- The state or quality of being traitorous.
- The quality of being seditious.
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- Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
- Insurrection; rebellion.
See also:Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust
- Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy.
- The act or an instance of such betrayal.
- Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery:
- The act or an instance of treachery.
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Another word for treason
Noun
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- Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy.
- The act or an instance of such betrayal.
- Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery:
- The act or an instance of treachery.
- The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness.
- A disloyal act.
- The quality of being seditious.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
- Insurrection; rebellion.
Synonym Study
- Sedition applies to anything regarded by a government as stirring up resistance or rebellion against it without being an overt or absolute act of treachery
- Treason implies an overt act in violation of the allegiance owed to one's state, specif. a levying war against it or giving aid or comfort to its enemies
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