prōdĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [prodo].
I A discovering , betraying; a discovery , betrayal , treason , treachery (class.): multorum in nos perfidiam, insidias, proditionem notabis, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: amicitiarum proditiones, id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 9, 27: arcanorum, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 150: id nefas proditione discussum est, Flor. 3, 18, 9: timor est proditio cogitationis auxiliorum, Vulg. Sap. 17, 11. —
II A putting off , deferring; the right of deferring (ante-class.), Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prodidisse, p. 242 Müll.