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Common collocations with betray in American Collocation

betray verb transitive

US /bɪˈtreɪ/

a fault

ignorance
inexperience
lack
misunderstanding
naivety

Such language is unhelpful and betrays a lack of understanding of the issues involved.

a feeling

emotion
feeling
nervousness

His hands twitched, betraying the nervousness which didn’t show in his voice.

a secret

confidence
secret

A charge of betraying navy secrets was made against him.