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1. (n.) allegiance
the loyalty of citizens to their government.
2. allegiance
loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME aliegiaunce=a- (prob. a -5) +liegeliege+-aunce -ance ; cf. MF ligeance)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
"his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
2. (noun) allegiance, fealty
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
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1. (noun) allegiance
the tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state
2. (noun) allegiance
devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science
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Sense: loyalty to a person, group, idea etc
I have no allegiance to any political party.
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 Afrikaans: lojaliteit |
 Arabic: وَلاء، إخْلاص |
 Bulgarian: вярност |
 Brazilian: lealdade |
 Czech: věrnost |
 German: die Treue, die Anhänglich |
 Danish: troskab; loyalitet; lydig |
 Greek: πίστη, αφοσίωση |
 Spanish: lealtad |
 Estonian: truudus |
 Farsi: وفاداری |
 Finnish: uskollisuus |
 French: fidélité |
 Hebrew: אֱמוִּנים, נֶאֱמָנוּת |
 Hindi: निष्ठा, राजभक्ति |
 Croatian: privrženost |
 Hungarian: állampolgári hűség |
 Indonesian: kesetiaan |
 Icelandic: hollusta |
 Italian: fedeltà, lealtà |
 Japanese: 忠誠 |
 Korean: 충성 |
 Lithuanian: ištikimybė |
 Latvian: lojalitāte; uzticība |
 Malay: pengikut |
 Dutch: loyaliteit |
 Norwegian: troskap, lydighet |
 Polish: wierność |
 Persian: وفاداری |
 Pashto: وفاداری |
 Portuguese: lealdade |
 Romanian: loialitate |
 Russian: преданность |
 Slovak: vernosť, lojálnosť |
 Slovenian: pripadnost |
 Serbian: politička podrška |
 Swedish: lojalitet, trohet |
 Thai: ความจงรักภักดี |
 Turkish: bağlılık |
 Taiwanese: 忠誠 |
 Ukrainian: вірність; відданість |
 Urdu: وفا داری |
 Vietnamese: lòng trung thành |
 Chinese: 忠诚 |
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