loyalty, as of a subject to his or her sovereign or of a citizen to his or her country (in feudal society) the obligations of a vassal to his liege lord
See also fealty,homage 2
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al•le•giance /əˈlidʒəns/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like, esp. loyalty of citizens to their government: [countable]found out where his allegiances lie.[uncountable]He pledged allegiance to his new country.
al•le•giance
(ə lē′jəns),USA pronunciation n.
- the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.
- 1350–1400; Middle English aliegiaunce, equivalent. to a- probably a-5 + liege liege + -aunce -ance; compare Middle French ligeance
- See loyalty.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged treason.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged treachery.
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'allegiance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Canadianism
- Eastern Church
- Finlandization
- Nonjuror
- Orthodox Judaism
- Pledge of Allegiance
- abjure
- adhere
- adherence
- alien
- apostatize
- attorn
- badge
- belong
- break
- citizen
- civil service
- color
- communalism
- company man
- cross
- debauch
- debauchery
- declare
- defect
- defection
- devout
- disloyal
- disloyalty
- dry-gulch
- ensign
- estrange
- ethnicity
- expatriate
- faith
- faithful
- faithless
- fall
- follow
- follower
- free lance
- galloglass
- homage
- honour
- juror
- liege
- ligeance
- loyal
- loyalty
- nonjuror