treason

Meaning

1. The crime of betraying one’s own country.
2. An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.

Synonyms

betrayal

treachery

perfidy

disloyalty

sellout

infidelity

high treason

rebellion

defection

traitorousness

subversiveness

faithlessness

lese majesty

fraud

revolt

insurrection

deception

crime

mutiny

insurgent

unfaithfulness

uprising

double cross

fraud in fact

lese-majesty

civil strife

civil unrest

false pretence

false pretense

positive fraud

ambush

villany

betraying

breach of trust

cheat

chicanery

deceit

disloyal

frame-up

fraudulence

gyp

indirection

perfidiousness

rebel

recreancy

sedition

sham

squeal

stratagem

traitor

trick

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹiː.zən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tresoun

In summary

From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition.