betrayal
/bɪˈtreɪ·əl/ n [C/U]Definition
› the act of not being loyal when other people believe you are loyal : [U] I felt a sense of betrayal when my friends refused to lend me money.
(Definition of betrayal n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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