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What is the definition of betrayed?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 11/10/2020

"Betrayed" is the past participle of the verb "to betray". If you have been trusted to do something and you went and did the opposite, you have betrayed whoever was trusting in you. If a man trusts his wife to be faithful to him and she cheats on him, she has betrayed him. If a person trusts a lawyer to keep his money safe and the lawyer steals it, he has betrayed his client. If a person trusts a doctor with embarrassing personal information, trusting her to keep it secret, and she tells other people, she has betrayed her patient's confidentiality. If a man joins the army of his country and then gives military secrets to the enemy, he has betrayed his country.
Sometimes when the betrayal is the disclosure of secrets, we say "he betrayed the secret" instead of "he betrayed the person who confided in him".

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9y ago

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