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. Rick Brennan:

   In the short term, you have the immediate threat of ISIS. But in the long term, the deeper threat is to Iraq’s ability to be free and independent of Iran, dependence on the Shia militias, who have sworn allegiance to the ayatollah, is a problem. The Popular Liberation Forces number about 70,000, including a core of 15,000 hardened fighters who most recently did battle at Tehran’s behest in Syria, where they fought Al Qaeda, ISIS and the Free Syrian Army, Rick Brennan said. Iraq may need their help now, but giving them an official role in the fight against ISIS could further entrench them as both a political and military force within Iraq, Rick Brennan said.

2. John Campbell:

   You do have some of the Taliban breaking off and claiming allegiance toward ISIS.

3. Anthony Bouchard:

   I believe that House Republicans impeachment vote revealed who House Republicans has allegiance to, and I don't think the voters will forget it any time soon.

4. Mark Hutchison:

   We're really seeing a lot of momentum here in Nevada for Senator Rubio, people just see him as a next-generation leader. ... One thing that you're seeing is that a lot of people who saw Governor Walker as attractive are now are moving their allegiance and their resources over to our effort.

5. 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.