Breaking or violating a covenant or agreement; not in accord with a sacred promise or compact.
From dis- (opposite of) + covenant (from Old French 'covenant,' from Latin 'convenire,' meaning 'to agree'). The prefix negates the idea of being bound by agreement.
In religious and legal history, 'covenant' was used for the most serious binding agreements—God's covenant, marriage vows—so calling someone 'discovenant' was like saying they betrayed something sacred!
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