Meaning & use
betray
To be disloyal to someone who trusted you, or to reveal something unintentionally.
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He felt his best friend had betrayed him by sharing the secret.
Her trembling hands betrayed how nervous she really was during the interview.
A note on using this word
Betray can describe disloyalty toward a person or the unintentional revealing of a hidden feeling or fact.
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