betrayed

[bɪˈtɹeɪd]

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A person who's betrayed someone has broken their trust or been unfaithful. Betrayal can hurt deeply and damage relationships.

When we say someone's been betrayed, it usually means they felt deceived or hurt by a friend, family member, or partner. This can happen in all kinds of situations – at work, in a romantic relationship, or even just between friends. For example, if you confided in someone about your problems and they went behind your back to talk to the person who's causing them, that would be a betrayal. Sometimes betrayal is intentional, like when someone cheats on their partner, but other times it can be accidental or a result of misunderstandings. The key point is that the trust was broken, and now things are strained between people.

How common is "betrayed"?

Word betrayed is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
Example: an officer betrayed the city
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
Example: My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
Example: Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

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