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break faith - 4 thesaurus results
Main Entry: break faith
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go back on one's word
Synonyms: betray, break one's word, break promise, forswear oneself, perjure oneself, renege
Main Entry: defect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: break from belief, faith
Synonyms: abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat
Antonyms: come in, join
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: betray
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be disloyal
Synonyms: abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle*, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back*, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on
Antonyms: be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: sell/sell out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: betray
Synonyms: beguile, break faith, bunk, cross, deceive, delude, disappoint, double-cross*, fail, give away, mislead, stab in the back*, surrender, take in, violate, deliver up, four-flush, give up, play false, rat on, sell down the river
Antonyms: guard, protect
* = informal/non-formal usage
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