bewrayment en · NOUN
Etymology
From bewray (“to betray; expose; reveal”) + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
From the first bewrayments of infancy to the last accidents of senility, we furnish contempt to one another by our discomfitures.
1924, Rupert Hughes, The Golden Ladder, page 163:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bewrayments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |