Treason

Noun

 * 1) The crime of betraying one’s government.
 * "Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them."
 * 1952: James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work: (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
 * 1) Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.

Related terms

 * tradition
 * traitor
 * traitorous
 * treasonable

Adjectives for Treason
strong; household; detested; pretended; unpardonable; domestic; manifest; ugly; certain; passive; defiant; proud.

Verbs for Treason
accuse of—; acquit of—; arraign for—; charge with—; cite—; combat—; commit—; condemn for—; confess—; convict of—; deny—; exile for—; indict for—; penalize for—; revenge—; unveil—; uncover—; — betrays; —breaches; —corrupts; —debases; —degrades; —demeans; —dishonors; — stigmatizes.

Thesaurus
Golconda, Machiavellianism, apostasy, backsliding, betrayal, bolt, breach of trust, breakaway, collaboration, crossing-over, deceit, deceitfulness, defection, degeneration, desertion, disloyalty, duplicity, eldorado, faithlessness, fifth-column activity, fraternization, going over, gold mine, high treason, lese majesty, mine, misprision, misprision of treason, perfidiousness, perfidy, petty treason, quislingism, ratting, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, renunciation, secession, sedition, seditiousness, treacherousness, treachery, treasure, treasure trove, treasure-house, treasury, turning traitor

Etymology
From tresoun:, treison:, from  treson:, from  traison:, from  traditionem:, accusative of traditio:, from trado:, from.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, предателство
 * Catalan: traïció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 背叛, 叛國罪,  叛国罪,  叛國,  叛国
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: forræderi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: εθνική προδοσία


 * Icelandic:, ,  föðurlandssvik
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 反逆
 * Macedonian: предавство
 * Norwegian: forræderi
 * Polish:
 * Russian: государственная измена, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene: izdaja, izdajstvo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: förräderi
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зрада


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 背叛, 叛國罪,  叛国罪,  叛國,  叛国


 * Japanese: 反逆
 * Macedonian: предавство
 * Polish: kolaboracja
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish: maanpetos
 * Korean: 반역 (banyeok), 물신 (bulsin)


 * Portuguese: traição
 * Telugu: దేశద్రోహం (dESadrOhaM)

Anagrams

 * atoners
 * nor'-east
 * rotanes
 * senator