Dictionary

trust

 

–noun

1.

reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.

2.

confident expectation of something; hope.

3.

confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.

4.

a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.

5.

the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.

6.

the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed: a position of trust.

7.

charge, custody, or care: to leave valuables in someone's trust.

8.

something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping, as an office, duty, or the like; responsibility; charge.

be·tray

–verb (used with object)

1.

to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty:Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.

2.

to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling: to betray a trust.

3.

to disappoint the hopes or expectations of; be disloyal to: to betray one's friends.

4.

to reveal or disclose in violation of confidence: to betray a secret.

5.

to reveal unconsciously (something one would preferably conceal): Her nervousness betrays her insecurity.

6.

to show or exhibit; reveal; disclose: an unfeeling remark that betrays his lack of concern.

7.

to deceive, misguide, or corrupt: a young lawyer betrayed by political ambitions into irreparable folly.

8.

to seduce and desert.

i·so·late

–verb (used with object)

1.

to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.