Synonyms for allegiance
əˈli dʒənsal·le·giance

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1. allegiancenoun

   Synonyms:
   loyalty, adherence, fidelity

2. allegiancenoun

   Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

   Synonyms:
   adherence, fidelity, loyalty

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1. allegiance

   Allegiance is the obligation of fidelity and obedience that an individual owes to his government or sovereign, in return for the protection he receives. The feudal uses of these words have mostly passed away with the state of society that gave them birth; but their origin still colors their present meaning. A patriotic American feels an enthusiastic loyalty to the republic; he takes, on occasion, an oath of allegiance to the government, but his loyalty will lead him to do more than mere allegiance could demand; he pays homage to God alone, as the only king and lord, or to those principles of right that are spiritually supreme; he acknowledges the duty of obedience to all rightful authority; he resents the idea of subjection. Fealty is becoming somewhat rare, except in elevated or poetic style. We prefer to speak of the faithfulness rather than the fealty of citizen, wife, or friend.

   Synonyms:
   devotion, faithfulness, fealty, homage, loyalty, obedience, subjection

   Antonyms:
   disaffection, disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, treason

   Preposition:
   We honor the allegiance of the citizen to the government; the government has a right to allegiance from the citizen.

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1. allegiance

   Synonyms:
   subjection, obedience, loyalty, fealty, homage

   Antonyms:
   disloyalty, rebellion, resistance, disaffection, malcontentment, treason

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1. commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedicationnoun

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

   "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"

   Synonyms:
   dedication, committedness, loyalty, inscription, consignment, trueness, commitment, committal, fealty

2. allegiance, fealtynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   commitment, fealty, dedication, loyalty

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1. allegiancenoun

   Synonyms:
   fealty, fidelity, loyalty

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1. allegiancenoun

   Synonyms:
   fealty, loyalty, devotion, fidelity

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1. List of paraphrases for "allegiance":

   loyalty, fidelity, fealty, faithfulness, devotion, truthfulness, obedience

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1. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann:

   A provisional translation by an interpreter shows that he expressly announces, in the name of Allah, and testifying his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a famous Islamist leader, an act of revenge against the Germans because they're getting in the way of Islam.

2. Jessica Vaughan:

   It is extending the precious right and responsibility of voting, which should be available only to citizens who have pledged their allegiance to the United States of America. It extends that precious right to non-citizens who are here from other countries and it even extends the voting rights to people who are here illegally.

3. President Trump:

   Preston's reverence for those who have served our nation reminds us why we salute our flag, why we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of allegiance, and why we proudly stand for National Anthem.

4. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. (On signing law for inclusion of the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance, 14 Jun 54)

5. Secretary Clinton:

   Ithink if you take his encouragement that the Russians hack into American email accounts, if you take his quite excessive praise for Putin, his absolute allegiance to a lot of Russian wish-list foreign policy positions … [ it ] leads us once again to conclude he is not temperamentally fit to be president and commander in chief.