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disloyalty
[ dis-loi-uhl-tee ]
noun
- the quality of being disloyal; lack of loyalty; unfaithfulness.
Synonyms: subversion
- violation of allegiance or duty, as to a government.
- a disloyal act.
disloyalty
/ dɪsˈlɔɪəltɪ /
noun
- the condition or an instance of being unfaithful or disloyal
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Origin of disloyalty1
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Example Sentences
Once again, the rabbis were publicly accused of disloyalty to Israel.
So does his comment about treason, which plugs into the mentality of those accusing the President of sedition and disloyalty.
Another act, however, may be considered immoral not because it is harmful but because it evinces disloyalty.
A hothead who believes life itself has betrayed him is liable to take even minor perceived disloyalty as treason.
There is no quicker career-killer than whispers of “disloyalty” to the partisan cause.
The disloyalty meme is, I'd expect, going to get louder.They're popping neck veins already and it's only July.
But while de Brus took nothing by his loyalty to Edward, he suffered for his disloyalty to Balliol.
It was as if she were trying, passionately, to make up for some brief disloyalty, some lapse of tenderness.
Her very resistance seemed disloyalty to him, as though another shared her with him and strove against him.
And it was against their disloyalty and intolerance that the five conditions of the King's pardon were chiefly directed.
Still in the midst of this growing disloyalty the King was always spoken of with affection and respect.
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