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treason

n.

sedition, seditiousness, disloyalty, perfidy, treachery, seditionary act, seditious act, aid and comfort to the enemy, factious revolt; see also crime 2, dishonesty, deception 1, revolution 2.

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; 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

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Another word for treason

noun

Willful violation of allegiance to one's country:
sedition, seditiousness, traitorousness. See trust
Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust:
perfidy, treacherousness, treachery. See trust