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Look up: perfidy

  1. perfidy
    treachery breaking of faith 
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  2. perfidy
    [n] - betrayal of a trust
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Perfidy
    Per'fi·dy (pẽr'fĭ*dȳ) noun ; plural Perfidies (- dĭz). [ Latin perfidia , from Latin perfidus faithless; per (cf. Sanskrit parā away) + fides faith: confer French perfidie . See Faith .] The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treac ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/53

  4. perfidy
    perfidiousness noun betrayal of a trust
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  5. Perfidy
    `Perfidy` is an act of deliberate treachery or deception. Under the 1977 `Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949` (Protocol I) there is a specific prohibition on perfidy: Perfidy was part of the customary laws of war long before the prohibition of perfidy was included in Protocol I. For example in the `Hague IV: Laws and Customs of War on Land`; (October 18, 1907) Article 23 includes: The issue of whether the don...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidy

  6. Perfidy
    • (n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. perfidy
    perfidy 1. The deceitful violation of faith or promise; base breach of faith or betrayal of the trust reposed in someone; treachery. 2. Often, the profession of faith or friendship in order to deceive or to betray. 3. The quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treachery. 4. An act or an instance of disloyalty.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. perfidy
    1. betrayal of a trust
    2. an act of deliberate betrayal

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