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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•loy•al•ty (dis loi′əl tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - the quality of being disloyal;
lack of loyalty;
unfaithfulness. - violation of allegiance or duty, as to a government.
- a disloyal act.
- Middle French desloiaute, Old French desleaute, equivalent. to desleal disloyal + -te -ty2
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged faithlessness, subversion. Disloyalty, perfidy, treachery, treason imply betrayal of trust. Disloyalty applies to any violation of loyalty, whether to a person, a cause, or one's country, and whether in thought or in deeds:to suspect disloyalty in a friend.Perfidy implies deliberate breaking of faith or of one's pledges and promises, on which others are relying:It is an act of perfidy to cheat innocent people.Treachery implies being secretly traitorous but seeming friendly and loyal:In treachery deceit is added to disloyalty.Treason is performing overt acts to help the enemies of one's country or government:Acting to aid a hostile power is treason.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: disloyalty /dɪsˈlɔɪəltɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the condition or an instance of being unfaithful or disloyal
dis•loy•al /dɪsˈlɔɪəl/USA pronunciation adj. - false to one's allegiances;
faithless:He was disloyal to his own department by snitching to the boss.
dis•loy•al•ty, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•loy•al (dis loi′əl),USA pronunciation adj. - false to one's obligations or allegiances;
not loyal;
faithless;
treacherous.
- Middle French desloial, Old French desleal, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + leal loyal
- 1470–80
unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable. |