Allegiance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) (syn: fealty)
Extra examples
He owes allegiance to them for all the help they have given him.
Both candidates are working hard to convince voters to switch allegiances.
You owe allegiance (=have a duty to give allegiance) to your king.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The people here have strong political allegiances.
Every morning, we pledge allegiance to the flag.
She forswore her allegiance to the old regime.
They swore allegiance to the government.
Presidents must swear allegiance to the US constitution.
Some of the new MPs affirmed, instead of swearing the oath of allegiance.
The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
Word forms
singular: allegiance
plural: allegiances
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