bewrayment

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noun

The act or process of bewraying; betrayal

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Meanings

nounbewrayment (usually uncountable, plural bewrayments)

plural bewrayments

  1. uncountableusuallyThe act or process of bewraying; betrayal

    From the first bewrayments of infancy to the last accidents of senility, we furnish contempt to one another by our discomfitures.

    1924, Rupert Hughes, The Golden Ladder, page 163

Origin

From bewray (“to betray; expose; reveal”) + -ment.

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bewrayment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewrayment

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“bewrayment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewrayment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bewrayment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewrayment.

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