as in infidelity
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife
perfidiousness eventually led to the couple's divorce
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Noun
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Sturla Holm Lægreid’s spectacular on-air confession of infidelity didn’t win him any points with his ex-girlfriend.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Lægreid, who previously won gold in the relay at the Beijing Olympics in 2022 and has 14 world championship medals to his name, explained on Tuesday that he was prompted to address the breakup and infidelity publicly in the hopes of reconciliation.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ken Paxton, a Republican running for the Senate, denied the adultery allegations.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
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The book presents itself as a comic take on the classic adultery novel and a send-up of a narrow, self-conscious group of downwardly mobile New Yorkers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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It’s filled with super-heightened emotions; unrestrained passion, betrayal, evil and even a magic spell or two.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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What’s most striking about the response is the sense of betrayal about Aronofsky’s involvement.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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More recently, an al Qaeda operative and suspected mastermind behind the 2000 USS Cole bombing — in which suicide bombers sidled up alongside a US warship, waved to the sailors and then detonated explosives — was charged with perfidy, among other crimes.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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The report has raised concerns of perfidy, an act of deception by military forces.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Research on group dynamics shows that dissent is often interpreted as disloyalty rather than contribution.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The courts have warned against treating dissent as disloyalty.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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