disloyaltyn.
/dɪsˈlɔɪəlti/ a. The quality of being disloyal; unfaithfulness, falseness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness?a1505
untrustiness1526
infidelity1529
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
faithlessness1598
recreancy1602
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
disfaith1881
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disloyalty > [noun]
unlewtya1400
disloyalty1481
unlawtyc1485
unloyalty1560
faithlessness1598
disallegiance1602
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsedom1297
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
falsityc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness1526
untrustiness1526
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
truth breach1597
faithlessness1598
bad faith1653
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
unreliableness1844
disfaith1881
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 167 Whan the disloyalte and falsenes of mahomet ran thurgh thoryent.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxi. 87 He slewe his broder Amon that suche desloyalte and vntrouth had done to his suster.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxviiv Your moste renoumed name, by suche a desloialtie, and vntruthe against promise, to be both blotted and stained.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. ii. 43 There shal appeere such seeming truth of Heroes disloyaltie, that iealousie shal be cald assurance. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 397. ¶5 This Princess was then under Prosecution for Disloyalty to the King's Bed.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 70 The infidelity to truth, the disloyalty to one's own intelligence.
b. Now esp. Violation of allegiance or duty to one's sovereign, state, or government.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun]
unlewtya1400
unlawtyc1485
infidelity1529
unloyalty1560
faithlessness1598
disloyalty1600
disallegiance1602
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 195 Some..charged him with disloyaltie, saying that he would not fight, having beene corrupted.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 171 Although Richard the first forgot this mans disloyalty, yet God remembred it.
1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. v. 19 Discontent and disloyalty, like the teeth of the dragon, He had sown on the winds.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. ix. 385 Several of the Sipahis..suffered the penalty of their disloyalty.
c. with plural. A disloyal act or proceeding.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun] > act or instance of
disloyalty1656
infidelity1714
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 216 The Earle of Holland, repenting himself of his great disloyalties, began [etc.].
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