allegiance
1. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action (Freq. 1) - his long commitment to public service - they felt no loyalty to a losing team • Syn: commitment, loyalty, dedication • Derivationally related forms: dedicate (for: dedication), allegiant, commit (for: commitment) • Hypernyms: cooperation • Hyponyms: communalism, consecration, devotion, enlistment, faith 2. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) • Syn: fealty • Derivationally related forms: allegiant • Hypernyms: loyalty, trueness
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