bewrayment means the act or process of bewraying; betrayal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “bewrayment” is a great word
BEWRAYMENT — [Noun] The treacherous or inadvertent act of revealing something meant to be concealed. From bewray (from Middle English bewraien, meaning 'to accuse, betray, reveal', itself from Old English bewrēgan, 'to accuse') + the noun-forming suffix -ment. Unlike betrayal, which broadly encompasses all acts of disloyalty, or revelation, which can be neutral or divine, bewrayment is the specific crime of the unguarded word. It is the incriminating letter left open on a desk, the too-knowing glance that unravels a conspiracy, the confidential whisper overheard from behind a screen—the quiet catastrophe where a hidden truth, once parted from its keeper, becomes a weapon for others.
Etymology
From bewray (“to betray; expose; reveal”) + -ment.
noun
- The act or process of bewraying; betrayal“From the first bewrayments of infancy to the last accidents of senility, we furnish contempt to one another by our discomfitures.”