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 Definitions of allegiance  [əˈli dʒəns]  

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Definition of 'allegiance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'allegiance' Princeton's WordNet 

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)


Definition of 'allegiance' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'allegiance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: loyalty to a person, group, idea etc
I have no allegiance to any political party.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lojaliteit Arabic flag Arabic: وَلاء، إخْلاص Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вярност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lealdade Czech flag Czech: věrnost German flag German: die Treue, die Anhänglich
Danish flag Danish: troskab; loyalitet; lydig Greek flag Greek: πίστη, αφοσίωση Spanish flag Spanish: lealtad
Estonian flag Estonian: truudus Farsi flag Farsi: وفاداری Finnish flag Finnish: uskollisuus
French flag French: fidélité Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֱמוִּנים, נֶאֱמָנוּת Hindi flag Hindi: निष्ठा, राजभक्ति
Croatian flag Croatian: privrženost Hungarian flag Hungarian: állampolgári hűség Indonesian flag Indonesian: kesetiaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hollusta Italian flag Italian: fedeltà, lealtà Japanese flag Japanese: 忠誠
Korean flag Korean: 충성 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ištikimybė Latvian flag Latvian: lojalitāte; uzticība
Malay flag Malay: pengikut Dutch flag Dutch: loyaliteit Norwegian flag Norwegian: troskap, lydighet
Polish flag Polish: wierność Persian flag Persian: وفاداری Pashto flag Pashto: وفاداری
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lealdade Romanian flag Romanian: loialitate Russian flag Russian: преданность
Slovak flag Slovak: vernosť, lojálnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: pripadnost Serbian flag Serbian: politička podrška
Swedish flag Swedish: lojalitet, trohet Thai flag Thai: ความจงรักภักดี Turkish flag Turkish: bağlılık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 忠誠 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вірність; відданість Urdu flag Urdu: وفا داری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lòng trung thành Chinese flag Chinese: 忠诚

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