betray

/bi'trei/
Verb
  1. cause someone to believe an untruth
    • The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
  2. give away information about somebody
    • He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
  3. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    • She cheats on her husband
    • Might her husband be wandering?
  4. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
    • His sense of smell failed him this time
    • His strength finally failed him
    • His children failed him in the crisis
  5. deliver to an enemy by treachery
    • Judas sold Jesus
    • The spy betrayed his country
  6. reveal unintentionally
    • Her smile betrayed her true feelings

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The soldier refused to betray his comrades to the enemy.