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bewrayment

bewrayment noun: the act or process of bewraying; betrayal.

Noun

bewrayment (usually uncountable, plural bewrayments)

  1. (usually) The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
    • From the first bewrayments of infancy to the last accidents of senility, we furnish contempt to one another by our discomfitures.1924, Rupert Hughes, The Golden Ladder, page 163

Forms of bewrayment

pluralbewrayments

Origin of bewrayment

From bewray (“to betray; expose; reveal”) + -ment.

Questions about bewrayment

What does bewrayment mean?
Bewrayment means the act or process of bewraying; betrayal.
What part of speech is bewrayment?
Bewrayment is a noun.
What is the plural of bewrayment?
The plural of bewrayment is bewrayments.

Words near bewrayment in the dictionary

  1. bewrayer
  2. bewrayers
  3. bewraying
  4. bewrayingly
  5. bewrayings
  6. bewrayment
  7. bewrays
  8. bewreak
  9. bewreath
  10. bewreathed
  11. bewreathing

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