All 4 Uses
treason
in
The Poisonwood Bible
(Auto-generated)
- Treason grows but for kind man.†
Chpt 2 *treason = an act of betrayal
- The old couple next door seem to share her dread: they always forget and say "Léopoldville," then cover their mouths with their hands as if they've let slip a treason.†
Chpt 5
- The charges are in the general nature of treason, which is to say anti-Mobutism, and the most likely sentence will be life imprisonment, though there are other possibilities.†
Chpt 5
- She may lose her job because of familial association with treason.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
-
(1)
(treason) betraying someone or something -- typically betraying one's own country
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)