disloyalty

[ dis-loi-uhl-tee ]

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noun,plural dis·loy·al·ties.

the quality of being disloyal; lack of loyalty; unfaithfulness.
violation of allegiance or duty, as to a government.

a disloyal act.

Origin of disloyalty

1400–50; late Middle English <Middle French desloiaute,Old French desleaute, equivalent to deslealdisloyal + -te-ty²

synonym study For disloyalty

1. 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.

Other words for disloyalty

1	faithlessness, subversion

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How to use disloyalty in a sentence

Once again, the rabbis were publicly accused of disloyalty to Israel.
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So does his comment about treason, which plugs into the mentality of those accusing the President of sedition and disloyalty.
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago | Lewis Beale | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Another act, however, may be considered immoral not because it is harmful but because it evinces disloyalty.
It’s Official: Religion Doesn’t Make You More Moral | Elizabeth Picciuto | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A hothead who believes life itself has betrayed him is liable to take even minor perceived disloyalty as treason.
Aaron Hernandez’s Terrifying Past | Michael Daly | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
There is no quicker career-killer than whispers of “disloyalty” to the partisan cause.
Partisan Journalists Are Following the Money All Too Literally | John Avlon | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

The disloyalty meme is, I'd expect, going to get louder.They're popping neck veins already and it's only July.
Desperate...in July | Michael Tomasky | July 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But while de Brus took nothing by his loyalty to Edward, he suffered for his disloyalty to Balliol.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
It was as if she were trying, passionately, to make up for some brief disloyalty, some lapse of tenderness.
The Creators | May Sinclair
Her very resistance seemed disloyalty to him, as though another shared her with him and strove against him.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
And it was against their disloyalty and intolerance that the five conditions of the King's pardon were chiefly directed.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton Ryerson
Still in the midst of this growing disloyalty the King was always spoken of with affection and respect.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene

British Dictionary definitions for disloyalty

disloyalty

/ (dɪsˈlɔɪəltɪ) /

nounplural -ties

the condition or an instance of being unfaithful or disloyal

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