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n. Loyalty or the obligation of loyalty, as to a nation, sovereign, or cause. See Synonyms at fidelity.

n. The obligations of a vassal to a lord.

n. Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

n. 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.

n. Devotion; loyalty.

n. The tie or obligation of a subject or citizen to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to a king, government, or state.

n. Hence Observance of obligation in general; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion.

n. Synonyms Allegiance, Loyalty, Fealty. Allegiance is the most formal and official of these words; it is a matter of principle, and applies especially to conduct; the oath of allegiance covers conduct only.

n. Loyalty is a matter of both principle and sentiment, conduct and feeling; it implies enthusiasm and devotion, and hence is most frequently chosen for figurative uses: as, loyalty to a lover, husband, family, clan, friends, old traditions, religion. Neither allegiance nor loyalty is confined to its original meaning of the obligation due from a subject to a prince.

n. Fealty has escaped less completely from this earliest sense, but has a permissible use in the sense of fidelity under obligation of various kinds.

n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

n. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

"The politician, small or lofty, who menaces the people with frequent reminders of the possibility of crime, violence, or terrorism, and who then uses their magnified fear to gain allegiance is more likely to be a successful con artist than a legitimate leader."

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