prodition

English

Etymology

From Latin proditio, from prodere (“to give forth, betray”). Compare Old French prodition.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈdɪʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈdɪʃən/[1]

Noun

prodition (countable and uncountable, plural proditions)

  1. (obsolete) Disclosure.
  2. (obsolete) Treachery; treason.
    • 19 June 1535, unknown, a letter‎[1]:
      the ruin of the country, and the prodition of their captains

References

  1. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “prodition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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