betraying

English

Etymology 1

From betray +‎ -ing.

Adjective

betraying (comparative more betraying, superlative most betraying)

  1. That betrays
Derived terms

Verb

betraying

  1. present participle and gerund of betray

Etymology 2

From Middle English betraying, bytrayenge, betraȝyng, equivalent to betray +‎ -ing.

Noun

betraying (plural betrayings)

  1. betrayal
    • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
      Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
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