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perfidy

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perfidy  \Per"fi*dy\  (p[~e]r"f[i^]*d[y^]),  n.;  pl  {Perfidies} 
  (-d[i^]z).  [L.  perfidia,  fr  L.  perfidus  faithless;  per  (cf. 
  Skr.  par[=a]  away)  +  fides  faith:  cf  F.  perfidie.  See 
  {Faith}.] 
  The  act  of  violating  faith  or  allegiance;  violation  of  a 
  promise  or  vow,  or  of  trust  reposed;  faithlessness; 
  treachery. 
 
  The  ambition  and  perfidy  of  tyrants.  --Macaulay. 
 
  His  perfidy  to  this  sacred  engagement.  --DeQuincey. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  perfidy 
  n  1:  betrayal  of  a  trust  [syn:  {perfidiousness},  {treachery}] 
  2:  an  act  of  deliberate  betrayal  [syn:  {treachery},  {betrayal}, 
  {treason}]




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