loyalty

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈlɔɪəlti//

The state of being loyal; fidelity.

noun

1
The state of being loyal; fidelity.
brand loyalty
2
Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.
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.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: loyalties

lowly · Not high; not elevated in place; low.loyal · Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for…Loyal · A surname from French.

loyalty · The state of being loyal; fidelity.

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