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a knife that only friends can reach, because strangers were never close enough to stab.
means The act of breaking someone's trust, loyalty, or confidence — turning against a person who counted on you.
from From the verb 'betray,' which traces through Middle English 'bitrayen' to the Old French 'trair,' itself from Latin 'tradere' — 'to hand over, deliver up.' The same 'tradere' gives us 'tradition' (things handed down) and 'traitor' (one who hands you over). At its root, then, betrayal is a delivery: handing someone — or their secret, or their faith in you — into hostile hands. The '-al' ending simply makes the act into a noun, the deed given a name.
- trust required
- Enemies can't betray you, only the trusted can
- brain pain
- Social rejection activates the same regions as physical pain
- worst circle
- Dante put traitors in hell's frozen lowest ring
- kiss code
- Judas marked Jesus with affection, not a weapon
- slow burn
- Most betrayals are quiet erosions, not single dramatic blows
julius caesar assassination — stabbed by 23 senators including his friend brutus, 44 bc rome
jesus by judas iscariot — betrayed to authorities for 30 pieces of silver, jerusalem 33 ad
robert the bruce scotland — initially sided with english king edward i against scottish independence, 1296
molotov ribbentrop pact — stalin and hitler secretly agreed to divide eastern europe, 1939