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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FA'ITHLESS, a.
1. Without belief in the revealed truths of religion; unbelieving.
O faithless generation. Math 18.
2. Not believing; not giving credit to.
3. Not adhering to allegiance or duty; disloyal; perfidious; treacherous; as a faithless subject.
4. Not true to a master or employer; neglectful; as a faithless servant.
5. Not true to the marriage covenant; false; as a faithless husband or wife.
6. Not observant of promises.
7. Deceptive.
Yonder faithless phantom.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. not true to allegiance or duty ; treacherous, disloyal <a faithless servant> 2. not to be relied on ; untrustworthy <a faithless tool> • faithlessly adverb • faithlessness noun Synonyms: faithless, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty <faithless allies>. false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery <betrayed by false friends>. disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country <disloyal to their country>. traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust <traitorous acts punishable by death>. treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence <a treacherous adviser>. perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability <a perfidious double-crosser>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 false, unreliable, disloyal. 2 without religious faith. Derivatives: faithlessly adv. faithlessness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is faithless, you mean that they are disloyal or dishonest. She decided to divorce her increasingly faithless and unreliable husband. ADJ

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fath'-les: The translation of apistos, "without faith," having the sense of "unbelieving," "disbelieving." Jesus upbraids the people, "O faithless and perverse generation!" (Mt 17:17; Mr 9:19; Lu 9:41); He says to Thomas, "Be not faithless, but believing" (Joh 20:27); the Revised Version (British and American) adds, "If we are faithless," instead of "believe not" (2Ti 2:13); compare 1Co 7:12-15; 10:27; 14:22,24, etc.; Tit 1:15. In Lu 12:46 apistos has the sense of "unfaithful," so the Revised Version (British and American); perhaps also Re 21:8, "unbelieving."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unbelieving. 2. Perfidious, treacherous, false, disloyal, untruthful, truthless.

Moby Thesaurus

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