SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
disloyalty
noun
A failure to maintain allegiance or support owed to a person, group, or cause.
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Failure of allegiance
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Usage distinction
Return to topTreachery is especially grave; disaffection can mean lost support without an act of betrayal.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See disloyalty in use
The novel treats the character's disclosure as an act of disloyalty.
Disloyalty becomes a separate issue when the story reveals that a partner secretly works to defeat the shared project after pledging to support it.
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