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Webster 1913 Edition


Loyalty

Loy′al-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
loyauté
. See
Loyal
, and cf.
Legality
.]
The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.
He had such
loyalty
to the king as the law required.
Clarendon.
Not withstanding all the subtle bait
With which those Amazons his love still craved,
To his one love his
loyalty
he saved.
Spenser.
Syn. – Allegiance; fealty. See
Allegiance
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Loyalty

LOY'ALTY

,
Noun.
Fidelity to a prince or sovereign, or to a husband or lover.
He had such loyalty to the king as the law requires.

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loyalty

loyalty

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loyalty (countable and uncountable, plural loyalties)

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

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