Martyr vs Treason - What's the difference?
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One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
(by extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
* {{quote-book
, year=1937
, author=AJ Cronin
, title=The Citadel
, passage=He'd been a martyr to asthma all his life.}}
One who is killed or suffers greatly because of an identity or position, e.g., a young prince killed when his father, the king, is deposed for the purpose of preventing the restoration of the monarchy later.
To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
To persecute.
To torment; to torture.
The crime of betraying one’s own country.
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* 1952 , James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work : (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
As nouns the difference between martyr and treason
is that martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom while treason is the crime of betraying one’s own country.As a verb martyr
is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.martyr
English
(wikipedia martyr)Noun
(en noun)- Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr .
- Stan is a martyr''' to arthritis, Chris a ' martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
Synonyms
* shaheed, shahidAntonyms
* confessorDerived terms
{{der3, martyr complex , martyrdom , martyress , martyrial , martyrish , martyrizate , martyrize , martyrizer , martyrly , martyrolatry , martyrless , martyrship}}Verb
(en verb)- ''Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
- The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
- Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser
Synonyms
* martyrizeDerived terms
* martyrertreason
English
(wikipedia treason)Noun
(en noun)- Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them.