disloyalty

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UK/dɪsˈlɔɪ.(j)əɫ.ti/

noun

An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach.

Opposite
loyalty
OriginOld French desloiauté →
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Meanings

noundisloyalty (countable and uncountable, plural disloyalties)

plural disloyalties

  1. countableAn act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach.
  2. uncountableThe quality of being disloyal.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being disloyal

Opposite
loyalty
Broader
infidelityunfaithfulness
Also see
unfaithfulness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdesloiauté
  2. Englishdisloyalty

From Old French desloiauté (Modern French déloyauté), from des- + loiauté (“loyalty”).

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Translations

Afrikaans dislojaliteit
  • dislojaliteitquality of being disloyal
Catalan deslleialtat
  • deslleialtatquality of being disloyal
Danish illoyalitet
  • illoyalitetquality of being disloyal
Esperanto malfidelo, malfidelo
  • malfideloact of being disloyal
  • malfideloquality of being disloyal
Finnish epälojaalisuus, epälojaalisuus
  • epälojaalisuusact of being disloyal
  • epälojaalisuusquality of being disloyal
French déloyauté
  • déloyautéquality of being disloyal
German Illoyalität, Illoyalität
  • Illoyalitätact of being disloyal
  • Illoyalitätquality of being disloyal
Irish mídhílseacht
  • mídhílseachtquality of being disloyal
Italian slealtà
  • slealtàquality of being disloyal
Norwegian Bokmål illojalitet
  • illojalitetquality of being disloyal
Polish nielojalność, brak lojalności
  • nielojalnośćquality of being disloyal
  • brak lojalnościquality of being disloyal
Portuguese deslealdade
  • deslealdadequality of being disloyal
Russian неве́рность, неве́рность
  • неве́рность (nevérnostʹ)act of being disloyal
  • неве́рность (nevérnostʹ)quality of being disloyal
Spanish deslealtad
  • deslealtadquality of being disloyal
Swedish illojalitet
  • illojalitetquality of being disloyal
Ukrainian неві́рність
  • неві́рність (nevírnistʹ)quality of being disloyal
Cite this entry
APA

disloyalty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disloyalty

MLA

“disloyalty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disloyalty. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disloyalty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disloyalty.

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