betrayal

betrayal
noun
ADJECTIVE
personal
ultimate

His defection to the other side was the ultimate betrayal.

VERB + BETRAYAL
regard sth as, see sth as, view sth as

The business community regarded the measures as a betrayal of election promises.

PREPOSITION
betrayal of

a betrayal of his friends

The decisions were a betrayal of everything my father stood for.

PHRASES
an act of betrayal
a betrayal of (sb's) trust
a feeling of betrayal, a sense of betrayal

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