
Betrayal. Betrayal means “an act of deliberate disloyalty,” like when your friend told other people all your secrets. Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship among st individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Betrayal is when someone you trust lies to you, cheats on you, abuses you, or hurts you by putting their own self-interest first. Betrayal as loss. Betrayal is probably the most devastating loss a person can experience. … When an individual is betrayed by someone, they lose trust in that person.