Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Perfidy

Perfidy (pẽr"fi*dy) , noun

[Latin perfidia, from Latin perfidus faithless; per (compare Sanskrit parā away) + fides faith: compare French perfidie. See Faith.]

The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
The ambition and perfidy of tyrants. — Macaulay
His perfidy to this sacred engagement. — DeQuincey