EGAVE

perfidy

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
  2. noun An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
  3. noun A state or act of deceit.

Similar words

treachery betrayal perfidiousness treason disloyalty faithbreach oathbreaking infidelity breach of trust oathbreach

Often followed by

of and in to was scarcely which on is

Word family

perfidies

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