treason (redirected from treasons)

trea·son  (trzn)

n.

1. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.

2. A betrayal of trust or confidence.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Latin trditi, trditin-, a handing over; see tradition.]

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treason [ˈtriːz^ən]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country, esp by attempting to overthrow the government; high treason

2. any treachery or betrayal

[from Old French traïson, from Latin trāditiō a handing over; see tradition, traditor]

treasonable , treasonous adj

treasonableness  n

treasonably  adv

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Treason

See also crime.

collaborationism

an act of cooperating with an invader of one’s country. — collaborationist, n.

perfidy

1. breach of trust, especially treachery or treason.
2. an act or instance of this. — perfidious, adj.

recreancy

cowardice, treason, or disloyalty. — recreant, n., adj.

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Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	treason - a crime that undermines the offender's government high treason, lese majesty crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
	2.	treason - disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior subversiveness, traitorousness disloyalty - the quality of being disloyal betrayal - the quality of aiding an enemy
	3.	treason - an act of deliberate betrayal         betrayal, perfidy, treachery knavery, dishonesty - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing double cross, double-crossing - an act of betrayal; "he gave us the old double cross"; "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing" sellout - an act of betrayal

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treason

noun disloyalty, mutiny, treachery, subversion, disaffection, duplicity, sedition, perfidy, lese-majesty, traitorousness Queen of England for nine days, she was beheaded for treason.
loyalty, allegiance, fidelity, patriotism, faithfulness, fealty

Quotations
"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason"
"For if it prosper, none dare call it treason" [Sir John Harington Epigrams]

Translations

treason [ˈtriːzn] N → traición f
high treason → alta traición f

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treason [ˈtriːz^ən] n → trahison f

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treason

n → Verrat m (→ to an +dat); an act of treason → Verrat m

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treason [ˈtriːzn] n → tradimento

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treason [ˈtriːzn] n → tradimento

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treason

n treason [ˈtriːzn]

(alsohigh treason) disloyalty to, or betrayal of, one's own country They were convicted of (high) treason. verraad خِيانَه предателство velezrada højforræderi; landsforræderi der Verrat προδοσία traición riigireetmine خیانت maanpetos trahison בְּגִידָה देश द्रोह izdaja hazaárulás pengkhianatan föðurlandssvik, landráð tradimento 反逆 반역, 대역 (tėvynės) išdavimas (valsts) nodevība pengkhianatan hoogverraad landssvik/-forræderi zdrada traição tră­dare (государственная) измена vlastizrada izdaja izdaja landsförräderi, högförräderi การกบฏ vatana ihanet 叛國 зрада غداري tội phản quốc 叛国