loyaltynoun
uk/ˈlɔɪ.əl.ti/us/ˈlɔɪ.əl.t̬i/B2 [ U ] the quality of being loyal:
His loyalty was never in question.
Her loyalty to the cause is impressive.
loyalties [ plural ]
your feelings of support or duty towards someone or something:
My loyalties to my family come before anything else.
divided loyalties (= feelings of support for two different and opposing people or things)
More examples
- The unions assured the new owners of the workers' loyalty to the company.
- Medieval knights took an oath of loyalty to their lord.
- He prides himself on his loyalty to his friends.
- All the countries have proclaimed their loyalty to the alliance.
- Her loyalty is beyond question .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Loyal, faithful & dependable
- a man/woman of his/her word idiom
- a safe pair of hands idiom
- allegiance
- be as good as your word idiom
- be there for sb idiom
- faithful
- faithfulness
- fealty
- fidelity
- fiduciary
- hand
- paid-up
- stand
- staunchly
- straight
- straight arrow idiom
- the Pledge of Allegiance
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- word
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