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Noun treason has 3 senses
- treason, high treason, lese majesty - a crime that undermines the offender's government
--1 is a kind of crime, law-breaking
- treason, subversiveness, traitorousness - disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
--2 is a kind of disloyalty
--2 has particulars: betrayal
- treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy - an act of deliberate betrayal
--3 is a kind of dishonesty, knavery
--3 has particulars: double cross, double-crossing; sellout
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