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disloyalty

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Word definitions for disloyalty in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being disloyal [ant: loyalty ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Middle French desloyaulte , from Old French desloiaute , desleauté "disloyalty, faithlessness, marital infidelity," from desloial (see disloyal ). Especially of allegiance to a state or sovereign since c.1600.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disloyalty \Dis*loy"al*ty\, n. [Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiaut['e], deslealt['e], F. d['e]loyaut['e].] Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) An act of being disloyal; a betrayal. 2 (context uncountable English) The quality of being disloyal.

Usage examples of disloyalty.

The only company considered a fighting force was a National Rifles company of Marylanders, but that was a hotbed of disloyalty.

Nicholas, Sluys, and Axel, against whom denunciations of heresy or of suspected disloyalty to Philip had been laid.

Roman public ownership, most of it acquired by right of conquest or confiscated from its original owners as a punishment for disloyalty.

And despite the captain's fears, she had no interest just now in investigating the disloyalties of her forces on Summer House.

He had influential friends on the West Coast -- mostly men who'd grown tired of Broadway's petty disloyalties and piddling profits, and were looking for a new place to put their talents and their investments -- who reported to him that cinema was a grand new frontier, and that talent scouts on the West Coast were looking for faces that the camera, and the public, would love.

But the woman had been unwilling, and for disloyalty to the baron, Hutter had made Tulk shoot her in the head.

You may believe that I brought myself up with a round turn and thereafter it was a vision of Sanoma Tora that I saw, and that, too, without any disloyalty to my friendship for Tavia –.

He was halfway into the city, racing the Jaguar down the the highway between the university and Groote Schuur, before he re covered from his affront at Michael's disloyalty, for that is how Shas saw his son's decision.

They specifically stated that Fleet Security believes most heavyworlders in Fleet are loyal, that Wefts have never shown any hint of disloyalty, said that religious minorities, apart from political movements, are considered unlikely candidates.