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Loyalty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Loyalty? [n] 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" [n] the quality of being loyal [n] feelings of allegiance Synonyms \| Synonyms for Loyalty: allegiance \| commitment \| dedication Related Terms \| Find terms related to Loyalty: abandon \| acquiescence \| adherence \| adhesion \| allegiance \| application \| ardency \| ardor \| assiduity \| assiduousness \| assigned task \| attachment \| bona fides \| bond \| bonne foi \| bounden duty \| bulldog tenacity \| burden \| business \| call of duty \| charge \| commitment \| committedness \| compliance \| concentration \| conformity \| constancy \| dedication \| deference \| dependability \| devoir \| devotedness \| devotion \| devoutness \| diligence \| dogged perseverance \| doggedness \| duteousness \| duties and responsibilities \| dutifulness \| duty \| earnestness \| endurance \| engrossment \| ethics \| faith \| faithfulness \| fealty \| fervency \| fervidness \| fervor \| fidelity \| fire \| firmness \| firmness of mind \| fixedness \| flintiness \| good faith \| heartiness \| heat \| heatedness \| homage \| impassionedness \| imperative \| indefatigability \| industriousness \| industry \| inflexibility \| insistence \| insistency \| intensity \| intentness \| line of duty \| mission \| must \| obedience \| obediency \| obligation \| observance \| obstinacy \| onus \| ought \| passion \| passionateness \| patience \| patience of Job \| patriotism \| permanence \| perseverance \| persistence \| persistency \| pertinaciousness \| pertinacity \| piety \| place \| plodding \| plugging \| preoccupation \| relentlessness \| reliability \| resolution \| resolve \| respect \| rigidity \| sedulity \| sedulousness \| self-imposed duty \| seriousness \| service \| servility \| servitium \| settledness \| sincerity \| single-mindedness \| singleness of purpose \| slogging \| spirit \| stability \| stamina \| staunchness \| staying power \| steadfastness \| steadiness \| steeliness \| stick-to-itiveness \| stubbornness \| submission \| submissiveness \| suit and service \| suit service \| tenaciousness \| tenacity \| tie \| tirelessness \| troth \| true blue \| trueness \| trustworthiness \| truth \| unremittingness \| unswerving attention \| unyieldingness \| vehemence \| warmth \| willingness \| zeal See Also \| allegiance \| communalism \| consecration \| cooperation \| devotion \| faith \| faithfulness \| fealty \| fidelity \| love \| nationalism \| patriotism \| staunchness \| steadfastness Loyalty In Webster's Dictionary \Loy"al*ty\, n. [Cf. F. loyaut['e]. See {Loyal}, and cf. {Legality}.] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc. He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. --Clarendon. Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. --Spenser. Note: ``Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word.'' --Trench. Syn: Allegiance; fealty. See {Allegiance}.

Loyalty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Loyalty?

[n] 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"
[n] the quality of being loyal
[n] feelings of allegiance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Loyalty: allegiance | commitment | dedication

Loyalty In Webster's Dictionary

\Loy"al*ty\, n. [Cf. F. loyaut['e]. See {Loyal}, and cf.
{Legality}.]
The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior,
or to duty, love, etc.

      He had such loyalty to the king as the law required.
                                               --Clarendon.

      Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those
      Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his
      loyalty he saved.                        --Spenser.

Note: ``Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity
      which one owes according to law, and does not
      necessarily include that attachment to the royal
      person, which, happily, we in England have been able
      further to throw into the word.'' --Trench.

Syn: Allegiance; fealty. See {Allegiance}.

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