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perfidy (s) (noun), perfidies (pl)
1. The deceitful violation of faith or a betrayal of the trust in someone; treachery: Karen's closest friend was committing perfidies against her by revealing her private feelings to other people in the school.
2. The profession of faith or friendship in order to deceive or to betray another person: Mike pretended to be Sharon's friend in order to perform a perfidy that could ruin her career as an executive officer in the company.
Disloyalty and a treachery.
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perfidy, perfidies
A treachery or a deceitful violation of trust that one has for another person. (1)
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