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counterbetrayals

counterbetrayals is the plural of counterbetrayal.

Meaning of counterbetrayal

Noun

counterbetrayal (countable and uncountable, plural counterbetrayals)

  1. A betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.
    • Ms. Atwood’s spins out her plot as busily as a spider, constructing an intricate web that ensnares Charmaine and Stan in a dizzying game of betrayal and counterbetrayal involving extramarital affairs, human-organ trafficking, blackmail, espionage, identity theft and sex-bot manufacturing.2015 September 29, Sarah Lyall, “Review: Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’ Conjures a Kinky Dystopia”, in New York Times

Questions about counterbetrayals

What is counterbetrayals the plural of?
Counterbetrayals is the plural of counterbetrayal.

Words near counterbetrayals in the dictionary

  1. counterbattery
  2. counterbeam
  3. counterbeat
  4. counterbeats
  5. counterbetrayal
  6. counterbetrayals
  7. counterbiblical
  8. counterbid
  9. counterbidder
  10. counterbidders
  11. counterbidding

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