All 33 Uses
treason
in
A Clash of Kings
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- I call them treasons.†
p. 19.4treasons = acts of betrayal
- You are kind to ask, my lord, but my tale is long and sad, and we have treasons to discuss.†
p. 133.1
- I am not interested in treasonous table talk, Lord Varys.†
p. 134.4 *treasonous = involving betrayalstandard suffix: The suffix "-ous" in treasonous means full of. This is the same pattern you see in words like dangerous, poisonous, and humorous.
- "Treason is vile enough," she declared furiously, "but this is barefaced naked villainy, and I do not need that mincing eunuch to tell me what must be done with villains."†
p. 228.1treason = an act of betrayal
- And he dares to accuse me of incest, adultery, and treason!†
p. 229.2
- I won't have them spreading their filthy treasons in the streets.†
p. 398.3treasons = acts of betrayal
- They shall be treated gently and given high places here at court, so long as their fathers commit no new treasons.†
p. 401.9
- We never did no treason, the others come in and took what they wanted, same as this bunch.†
p. 416.4treason = an act of betrayal
- He has been seized for treason.†
p. 430.6
- She insists that the man be removed from his office and placed under arrest for treason.†
p. 446.4
- You're here to answer for your brother's latest treasons.†
p. 486.6treasons = acts of betrayal
- The Hand speaks with the king's own voice, and disobedience is treason.†
p. 598.8treason = an act of betrayal
- Where before you heard only mutterings from the gutter, now there's open talk of treason in guildhalls and markets.†
p. 600.9
- I will pardon you for your treason, as I have pardoned these lords you see behind me.†
p. 606.9
- The Lord of Light willed that my brother die for his treason.†
p. 608.9
- My lords bannermen are inconstant even in their treasons.†
p. 611.8treasons = acts of betrayal
- He brought his doom on himself with his treason, but I did love him, Davos.†
p. 614.2treason = an act of betrayal
- I serve the Starks, not some treasonous squid of—aah.†
p. 672.2treasonous = involving betrayalstandard suffix: The suffix "-ous" in treasonous means full of. This is the same pattern you see in words like dangerous, poisonous, and humorous.
- ...three heads has the dragon ...the ghost chorus yammered inside her skull with never a lip moving, never a breath stirring the still blue air....mother of dragons ...child of storm ...The whispers became a swirling song....three fires must you light ...one for life and one for death and one to love ...Her own heart was beating in unison to the one that floated before her, blue and corrupt ...three mounts must you ride ...one to bed and one to dread and one to love ...The voices were growing louder, she realized, and it seemed her heart was slowing, and even her breath....three treasons will you know ...once for blood and once for gold and once for love ... "I don't ..."†
p. 706.1treasons = acts of betrayal
- His sister had insisted that Joffrey strip Blount of his white cloak on the grounds of treason and cowardice.†
p. 715.3treason = an act of betrayal
- Why are we plagued with so many treasons?†
p. 774.9treasons = acts of betrayal
- Aerys accused them of treason and summoned their fathers to court to answer the charge, with the sons as hostages.†
p. 797.7treason = an act of betrayal
- So all Lord Rickard needed to do to prove himself innocent of treason was ...well, not burn.†
p. 797.9
- To deal with treason, and to defend us if need be.†
p. 818.2
- Be gentle on a night like this and you'll have treasons popping up all about you like mushrooms after a hard rain.†
p. 848.2treasons = acts of betrayal
- I know all about your little treasons in the gods-wood.†
p. 850.4
- I've done no treasons.†
p. 850.5
- What would you call that, if not treason?†
p. 850.7treason = an act of betrayal
- The warlocks whispered of three treasons ...once for blood and once for gold and once for love.†
p. 874.6treasons = acts of betrayal
- Three fires, three mounts to ride, three treasons.†
p. 875.1
- Your Grace, in the judgment of your small council, it would be neither proper nor wise for you to wed the daughter of a man beheaded for treason, a girl whose brother is in open rebellion against the throne even now.†
p. 907.1treason = an act of betrayal
- If they begged forgiveness for their treasons and promised to serve loyally henceforth, Joffrey welcomed them back into the king's peace and restored them to all their lands and rights.†
p. 912.2treasons = acts of betrayal
- Those who wish to ask pardon for their treasons may do so.†
p. 913.5
Definitions:
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(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)