The Only Use
perfidy
in
The Declaration of Independence
(Edited)
- He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
perfidy = betrayal
Definitions:
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(1)
(perfidy) an act of deliberate betrayal; or such behavior
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)