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Allegiance means giving a promise to be loyal or the action of actually being loyal and on someone's side. (noun)

Swearing that you will follow the laws of a country is an example of giving allegiance.
Always defending your friend and looking out for his best interests is an example of allegiance to your friend.

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See allegiance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the duty that was owed by a vassal to his feudal lord
the obligation of support and loyalty to one's ruler, government, or country
loyalty or devotion, as to a cause, person, etc.

Related Forms:

allegiant adjective, noun

See allegiance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ə-lēˈjəns)

noun

Loyalty or the obligation of loyalty, as to a nation, sovereign, or cause. See Synonyms at fidelity.
The obligations of a vassal to a lord.

Related Forms:

al·leˈgiant adjective

See allegiance in Ologies

Allegiance

See also nationalism.

the act of renouncing upon oath, as by an alien applying for citizenship who renounces allegiance to a former country of nationality.

the act of abandoning a person or cause to which one has an obligation or allegiance, especially accompanied by flight from one’s country. —defector, defectionist, n.

1. In the Feudal System, allegiance of a vassal to his lord.

2. allegiance.

kneeling or bending the knee, especially in worship or reverence.

a follower who obeys orders without question. —myrmidonian, adj.

1. a gesture of respect, as a bow.

2. homage or an act of homage. —obeisant, adj.

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