1. Verb
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.
2. Verb
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.
3. Verb
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
4. Verb
To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
5. Verb
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
6. Verb
To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
7. Verb
To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
8. Verb
reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
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