disloyalty

B2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /dɪsˈlɔɪ.əl.ti/ UK /dɪsˈlɔɪ.əl.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #34576

Meanings

1

noun
the quality or state of failing to remain faithful to a person, group, duty, or cause

Disloyalty would be impossible for a man who valued truth and honour above convenience.
2

noun
an act that violates a duty of loyalty or faithful support

Each secret message to the rival camp was a fresh disloyalty.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality or state of... unfaithfulnesstreachery betrayal

2 noun · an act that violates a duty... betrayal treacherybreach of faith

More faithlessness

Opposites

loyalty faithfulness fidelity allegiance

Word family

Related forms disloyal loyalty allegiance betrayal

Etymology

From Middle English disloialte, via Old French desloiaute ("disloyalty"), formed from des- ("apart, away") + loiaute ("loyalty"). Loyal and loyalty ultimately trace through Old French loial to Latin legalis ("legal"), whose sense developed from being law-abiding to being faithful.

Topics

Ethics & Social Judgment

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# disloyalty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈlɔɪ.əl.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈlɔɪ.əl.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 34576

## Meanings
1. the quality or state of failing to remain faithful to a person, group, duty, or cause
2. an act that violates a duty of loyalty or faithful support

## Examples
- Disloyalty would be impossible for a man who valued truth and honour above convenience.
- Each secret message to the rival camp was a fresh disloyalty.

## Synonyms
- unfaithfulness
- treachery
- betrayal
- faithlessness

## Antonyms
- loyalty
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- allegiance

## Related Forms
- disloyal
- loyalty
- allegiance
- betrayal

## Etymology
From Middle English disloialte, via Old French desloiaute ("disloyalty"), formed from des- ("apart, away") + loiaute ("loyalty"). Loyal and loyalty ultimately trace through Old French loial to Latin legalis ("legal"), whose sense developed from being law-abiding to being faithful.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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