Definitions for the word, betray

(v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.

(v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

(v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

(v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

(v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.

(v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

(v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.


75 words found in the Scrabble word, betray



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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