Dictionary

loyalty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈlɔɪəlti/

Etymology

From Middle English loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té, equivalent to loyal + -ty.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being loyal; fidelity.
   • brand loyalty
2. (countable, uncountable) Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.
   • The only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast. The Constitution does not empower the Vice President to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain of them or otherwise. How the Vice President discharges this constitutional obligation is not a question of his loyalty to the President any more than it would be a test of a President’s loyalty to his Vice President whether the President assented to the impeachment and prosecution of his Vice President for the commission of high crimes while in office. No President and no Vice President would—or should—consider either event as a test of political loyalty of one to the other. And if either did, he would have to accept that political loyalty must yield to constitutional obligation. Neither the President nor the Vice President has any higher loyalty than to the Constitution. 2021 January 5, J. Michael Luttig, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2021; republished as Washington Post, 5 January 2021:
   • One reason why many Asian countries oppose dual nationality is a belief that it can create divided loyalties among citizens, said Jelena Dzankic, co-director of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), an international citizenship research network. […] Japan drafted its current nationality laws shortly after World War II, when many Japanese Americans were put in internment camps in the US; other dual citizens renounced their loyalty to the Japanese Emperor for their own safety, said Atsushi Kondo, a law professor at Japan’s Meijo University. 2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN:
   • He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations.
   • Over the violence and the proud loyalties, over the sold-out-ness and the cruel indifference, there is light reclothing us in a kind of strange innocence. 2007, Michael P. Knowles, The Folly of Preaching: Models and Methods:

Forms

Antonyms

disloyalty

Deriveds

loyalty tax · brand loyalty · loyalty price · unloyalty · loyalty card · semiloyalty · loyalty pricing · loyalty penalty

Relateds

allegiance · fidelity · fealty

Synonyms

fealty · faith · trueness · sympathy

Translations (155)

ja 忠誠心 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · gl lealdade (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · nn lojalitet (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · be ве́рнасьць (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · pt lealdade (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · cy gwrogaeth (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · be адда́насьць (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ko 충성심 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fur lealtât (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ja 忠義 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · km ភក្តីភាព (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · he נֶאֱמָנוּת (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fa-ira وَفاداری (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · nl loyaliteit (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ko 충성 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ka ერთგულება (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · uk ві́дданість (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · az sədaqət (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ast llealtá (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · it lealtà (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fi uskollisuus (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · pt lealdade (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ota صداقت (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · sv trofasthet (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ka ერთგულება (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · da loyalitet (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · kmr sedaqet (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · vi lòng trung thành (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fr loyauté (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · scn lialtati (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · af lojaliteit (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · be лая́льнасьць (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ar إِخْلَاص (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ang trēow (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · crh sadaqat (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sh о̏да̄но̄ст (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · mk преданост (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fi uskollisuus (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ota صداقت (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · tg вафо (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · tk wepalylyk (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · gd dìlseachd (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · es lealtad (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · sh вје́рно̄ст (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · it lealtà (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ga dílseacht (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · de Loyalität (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · mk верност (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · pl wierność (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · kmr sozdarî (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · es lealtad (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ru пре́данность (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · bg вя́рност (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · tr bağlılık (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fa-ira وَفا (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · et ustavus (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · mk лојалност (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · lv lojalitāte (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · cs věrnost (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · be ве́рнасць (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · kmr dilsozî (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · da loyalitet (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · fi luotettavuus (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · bg лоя́лност (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · de Loyalität (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · sh vérnōst (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · uz sadoqat (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ru ве́рность (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · pl lojalność (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · cmn 忠心 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ar وَفَاء (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sh vjérnōst (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ms kesetiaan (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ko 충성 (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · uk лоя́льність (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · bg пре́даност (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · eo fideleco (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · my သစ္စာ (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · hi वफ़ा (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ka თავდადება (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · de Treue (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · tg вафодорӣ (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ps وفا (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sq besnikëri (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ro loialitate (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · lt ištikimybė (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ang trēow (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · hi निष्ठा (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · tr sadakat (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · scn lialtà (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · be лая́льнасць (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ga dílseacht (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ur صَداقَت (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · nb lojalitet (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · uz vafo (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · uk ві́рність (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sco lealty (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ur وَفاداری (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sv lojalitet (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · fkv lojaliteetti (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · id kesetiaan (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sh ȍdānōst (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · eo lojaleco (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ur وَفا (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · cmn 丹心 (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · uz vafodorlik (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sk vernosť (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · hy հավատարմություն (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · cmn 忠誠 /忠诚 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · pl lojalność (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · az sadiqlik (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · az vəfa (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ru лоя́льность (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · gd dìlseachd (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · nb lojalitet (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · cmn 诚信 (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ps وفاداري (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · be адда́насць (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · oc leialtat (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · uz sodiqlik (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sl zvestoba (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · nl trouw (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sh ве́рно̄ст (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fi lojaalius (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · is trúmennska (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · tr vefa (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · th ความซื่อ (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sv trofasthet (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ug ۋاپادارلىق (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · kmr wefa (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ug سادىقلىق (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · hu hűség (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · th ความซื่อสัตย์ (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fr loyauté (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · et lojaalsus (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ca lleialtat (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · lv uzticība (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ko 충실 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · it fedeltà (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sv lojalitet (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ru ве́рность (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · nn lojalitet (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · km ចិត្តភក្តី (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ky берилгендик (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · sl vdanost (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · fi lojaalius (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ka ლოიალურობა (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · lt lojalumas (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · kk адалдық (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · ja 忠誠 (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · th ความภักดี (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · de Treue (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) · ru лоя́льность (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · la fides (the state of being loyal; fidelity) · cmn 忠信 (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation)

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