Treason synonyms
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The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
seditious act
seditionary act
A rising up against the government; rebellion; insurrection
dishonesty (related)
Lack of honesty or integrity; improbity.
The definition of betrayal is the breaking of an agreement or doing something to hurt a relationship.
The quality of being seditious.
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The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness.
aid and comfort to the enemy
factious revolt
deception (related)
Deception is defined as an untrue falsehood, or is the act of lying to or tricking someone.
revolution (related)
The definition of a revolution is the movement of one object around a center or another object, a forceful overthrow of a government by the people or any sudden or grand change.
fidelity (antonym)
Fidelity is defined as being loyal or faithful, or an accurate copy.
The definition of a perfidy is a deliberate betrayal.
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Criminal disloyalty to one's country.
crime (related)
(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
(Law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
faithfulness (antonym)
The state of being faithful; allegiance; loyalty; fidelity.
loyalty (antonym)
A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection:
The stirring up of discontent, resistance, or rebellion against the government in power
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The state or quality of being traitorous.
Treachery; the characteristic of being treacherous.
trust (related)
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
subversiveness
The state or quality of being subversive.
blasphemy (related)
felony (related)
Duplicity is defined as deception or a lie.
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A crime injuring or causing harm to the dignity of a reigning sovereign or a state.
devotion (antonym)
Religious worship
perjury (related)
bigamy (related)
attaint (related)
regicide (related)
allegiance (antonym)
The definition of allegiance means giving a promise to be loyal, or the action of actually being loyal and on someone's side.
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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
Find another word for treason. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for treason, like: treachery, seditious act, seditionary act, revolt, dishonesty, betrayal, seditiousness, disloyalty, aid and comfort to the enemy, factious revolt and deception.