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    [Noun]  | "per*fi*dy" | \ ˈpər-fə-dē \


    1: the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery

    2: an act or an instance of disloyalty


    Origin: 1592 ;

     Latin perfidia, from perfidus faithless, from per- detrimental to + fides faith {mat|per-|}, {mat|faith|};

    [Noun]  | "perfidies" 


    1: the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another;


      * e.g., " ... the full cost—both in compromised intelligence and in human life—of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known "





    [Noun]  | "perfidy" 


    1: lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife;


      * e.g., " ... his wife's perfidy was a moment of uncharacteristic weakness "





    2: the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another;


      * e.g., " ... the full cost—both in compromised intelligence and in human life—of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known "





     [ "perfidious" ]

    1: deceitful, treacherous, faithless, tending to betray

      * e.g.,  ... Billy is a very perfidious boyfriend. 

     [ "perfidy" ]

    1: "treachery, basically"

      * e.g.,  ... "someday Olaf's perfidy will end." 

     [ "Perfidy" ]

    1: The chief export of France

      * e.g.,  ... The perfidy of the French is well known. 

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