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violate the confidence of — index inform (betray) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
confidence — n. trust reliance 1) to enjoy, have; gain, win smb. s confidence 2) to inspire, instill confidence in smb. 3) to have; place one s confidence in smb. 4) to misplace one s confidence 5) to take smb. into one s confidence 6) to shake smb. s… … Combinatory dictionary
violate faith — betray confidence, betray trust … English contemporary dictionary
inform — I (betray) verb accuse, announce, bear witness against, betray the secret, break faith, break trust, charge, communicate, confess, declare, denounce, disclose, disclose intentionally, disclose secrets, divulge, expose, give over to the foe,… … Law dictionary
betray — I (disclose) verb acknowledge, admit, air, aperire, avow, bare, bear witness against, bring into the open, bring to light, come clean, confess, declare, detegere, divulge, double cross, expose, give away, give utterance to, impart, inform, inform … Law dictionary
betray — v. a. 1. Deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherously, give over to the foe. 2. Violate, break, prove recreant to, let perish, be false to. 3. Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery. 4. Divulge, reveal … New dictionary of synonyms
betray — v 1. inform against, Sl. blow the whistle on, Sl. rat on; knife or stab in the back, Sl. do [s.o.] dirt; play Judas, give the Judas kiss to, Inf. sell out, deliver up, Inf. sell [s.o.] down the river; Inf. double cross, Sl. two time; break faith… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
break — v 1. smash, shatter, batter, beat, crash; fracture, fragmentize, splinter, shiver, tear, chip, crack, snap; split, rend, reave, tear apart, wrench apart, pull to pieces; cleave, sunder, disjoint, cut off, break off, sever; crush, grind, pulverize … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Betray — Be*tray (b[ e]*tr[=a] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrayed} ( tr[=a]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Betraying}.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be + OF. tra[ i]r to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See {Traitor}.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Betrayed — Betray Be*tray (b[ e]*tr[=a] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrayed} ( tr[=a]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Betraying}.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be + OF. tra[ i]r to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See {Traitor}.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
