treason
/ˈtɹiː.zən/
treason noun: the crime of betraying one’s own country.
Noun
treason (countable and uncountable, plural treasons)
- The crime of betraying one’s own country.
- Treaſon doth never [pro]ſper: what's the reaſon? / For yf yt [pro]ſper none dare call yt treaſonc. 1605, John Harington, “42: Of Treason”, in Epigrams (British Library Additional MS. 12049), Book III, folio 75, verso; republished at London: British Library Digitised Manuscripts, 17 September...
- Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unleſs on the Testimony of two Witneſses to the same overt Act, or on Confeſsion in open Court.1787 September 17, Alexander Hamilton et al., “Article III, Section 3”, in Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia: Jacob Shallus
- Synonyms:
- perfidiousness, perfidy, treacherousness, treachery
- An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
treason meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
treason in Hindi
- crime of betraying one’s country
- विश्वासघात viśvāsghāt, राजद्रोह rājadroh, देशद्रोह deśadroh, राष्ट्रद्रोह rāṣṭradroh
- providing aid and comfort to the enemy
- देशद्रोह deśadroh, राष्ट्रद्रोह rāṣṭradroh
- act of treachery
- द्रोह droh, धोखा dhokhā
treason in Tamil
- crime of betraying one’s country
- துரோகம் turōkam
treason in Marathi
- treason, subversion
- देशद्रोह deśadroh
treason in Urdu
- crime of betraying one’s country
- غَدّاری ġaddārī, خِیانَت xiyānat
More languagesFewer languages
- treason in Bengali
- রাজদ্রোহ rajdrōh, খেয়ানত kheẏanot
- treason in Telugu
- ద్రోహం drōhaṁ
- treason in Malayalam
- രാജ്യദ്രോഹം rājyadrōhaṁ, ഒറ്റ് oṟṟŭ
- treason in Kannada
- ದೇಶದ್ರೋಹ, ರಾಜದ್ರೋಹ, ಎರಡುಬಗೆತ
- treason in Gujarati
- રાજદ્રોહ rājadroh
- treason in Odia
- ଦେଶଦ୍ରୋହ
- treason in Nepali
- देशद्रोह
- treason in Pashto
- خيانت xyānat
- treason in Arabic
- خِيَانَة ḵiyāna
- treason in Malay
- pengkhianatan
- treason in Indonesian
- pengkhianatan, makar
- treason in Thai
- การกบฏ gaan-gà-bòt, การขายชาติ gaan-kǎai-châat
- treason in Myanmar
- အတွင်းရန် a.twang:ran
Examples of treason in a sentence
- The mere suggestion that the queen’s brother tried to kill your boy would be considered treason.
- He was arraigned in Washington, D.C., on the 25th of that month on charges of treason.
- Some of the old laws against treason are no longer in force.
Synonyms of treason
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- treacherousness
- treachery
- betrayal
- breach of promise
- breach of trust
- double-dealing
- Judas kiss
- stab in the back
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Forms of treason
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Origin of treason
From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition and traitor; also related to betray.
Words formed from treason
- constructive treason
- high treason
- petit treason
- petty treason
- treasonable
- treasonableness
- treasonably
- treasonful
- treasonish
- treasonist
- treasonistic
- treasonistically
- treasonless
- treasonmonger
- treasonous
- treasonously
- treasonousness
Phrases with treason
Words that rhyme with treason
Questions about treason
- What does treason mean?
- Treason means the crime of betraying one’s own country.
- What is treason in Hindi?
- Treason in Hindi is विश्वासघात (viśvāsghāt), राजद्रोह (rājadroh), देशद्रोह (deśadroh). See Treason meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is treason?
- Treason is a noun.
- How do you pronounce treason?
- Treason is pronounced /ˈtɹiː.zən/.
- What is the plural of treason?
- The plural of treason is treasons.
Words near treason in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: treason (page history and authors); देशद्रोह (Marathi) (page history and authors); treason (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); treason (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treason (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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