Treason
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English
Noun
Treason (plural Treasons)- The crime of betraying one’s government.
- "Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them."
- 1952: James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work: (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
- Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
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Adjectives for Treason
strong; household; detested; pretended; unpardonable; domestic; manifest; ugly; certain; passive; defiant; proud.
Verbs for Treason
accuse of—; acquit of—; arraign for—; charge with—; cite—; combat—; commit—; condemn for—; confess—; convict of—; deny—; exile for—; indict for—; penalize for—; revenge—; unveil—; uncover—; — betrays; —breaches; —corrupts; —debases; —degrades; —demeans; —dishonors; — stigmatizes.
Thesaurus
Golconda, Machiavellianism, apostasy, backsliding, betrayal, bolt, breach of trust, breakaway, collaboration, crossing-over, deceit, deceitfulness, defection, degeneration, desertion, disloyalty, duplicity, eldorado, faithlessness, fifth-column activity, fraternization, going over, gold mine, high treason, lese majesty, mine, misprision, misprision of treason, perfidiousness, perfidy, petty treason, quislingism, ratting, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, renunciation, secession, sedition, seditiousness, treacherousness, treachery, treasure, treasure trove, treasure-house, treasury, turning traitor
Etymology
From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from Latin trāditiōnem, accusative of trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, v), from trāns (“over, across”) + dō (“give”).
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See also
External links
- Treason in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Treason in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
