allegiance
Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation or of a subordinate to a superior.
Related words
- counterallegiance
- oath of allegiance
- pledge of allegiance
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "ligeance".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “allegiance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.