disloyalty

Noun

Meaning

Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

apostasy subversion affair treason adultery dislike betrayal disobedience cheating treachery infidelity deceit defection antipathy desertion
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Antonyms

loyalty fidelity religiousness love faith accuracy
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Hypernyms

infidelity unfaithfulness

Hyponyms

treason treachery perfidy disaffection perfidiousness traitorousness

Related terms

loyalty disloyal

Phrases with the word

act of disloyalty disloyalty to one's homeland disloyalty card

Examples

An estimated 14,000 people died there during the Khmer Rouge rule, some of them regime officials accused of disloyalty. Source: Internet

He brokered a deal with Hindal which provided that his brother would cease all acts of disloyalty in return for a share in the new empire which Kamran would create once Humayun was deposed. Source: Internet

Coriolanus had committed acts of disloyalty to both Rome and the Volsci, and Aufidius raised support to have Coriolanus first put on trial by the Volscians, and then assassinated before the trial had ended. Source: Internet

An RIC District Inspector's report stated: "Martial law, of course, prevents any expression of it; but a strong undercurrent of disloyalty exists". Source: Internet

Brandon's disloyalty to Samburu would lead to his elimination as well as the remaining original Samburu members. Source: Internet

Even Ebony magazine delayed publishing his essay "I Choose Exile" until he suggested it would be better to publish it in a white periodical, "since a white periodical would be less vulnerable to accusations of disloyalty". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disloyal servant disloyally disloyalness disloyalty card disloyalty to one's homeland dislustre