perfidy

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (literary) actions that betray sb/sth SYNTREACHERY: In Act 2 he learns of Giovanni's perfidy and swears revenge.

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perdition peregrination peregrine peremptorily peremptory perennial perfect perfection perfectionist perfectly perfect pitch

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