Hypertext Webster Gateway: "faithless"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Faithless \Faith"less\, a.
1. Not believing; not giving credit.

Be not faithless, but believing. --John xx. 27.

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not
believing in the Christian religion. --Shak.

3. Not observant of promises or covenants.

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious;
trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as
a husband or a wife.

A most unnatural and faithless service. --Shak.

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.
``Yonder faithless phantom.'' --Goldsmith. --
{Faith"less*ly}, adv.{Faith"less*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

faithless
adj : deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray
trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold";
"a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: {traitorous},
{unfaithful}]


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