Definitions for loyalty
ˈlɔɪ əl tiloy·al·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loyalty, truenessnoun

   the quality of being loyal

2. loyaltynoun

   feelings of allegiance

3. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loyaltynoun

   Unswerving in allegiance.

2. loyaltynoun

   Faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign or government.

3. loyaltynoun

   Faithful to a private person to whom fidelity is due.

4. loyaltynoun

   Faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product.

5. loyaltynoun

   The state of being loyal; fidelity.

6. Etymology: loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loyaltynoun

   Etymology: loiaulte, French.

   1. Firm and faithful adherence to a prince.

   Though loyalty, well held, to fools does make
   Our faith meer folly; yet he that can endure
   To follow with allegiance a fall’n lord,
   Does conquer him that did his master conquer. William Shakespeare.

   To day shalt thou behold a subject die
   For truth, for duty, and for loyalty. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Commissions flaw’d the heart
   Of all their loyalties. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   He had never had any veneration for the court, but only such loyalty to the king as the law required. Edward Hyde.

   Abdiel faithful found
   Unshaken, unseduc’d, unterrify’d,
   His loyalty he kept. John Milton.

   2. Fidelity to a lady, or lover.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loyalty

   Loyalty is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another human being can be the object of loyalty. The definition of loyalty in law and political science is the fidelity of an individual to a nation, either one's nation of birth, or one's declared home nation by oath (naturalization).

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1. loyalty

   Loyalty is a strong feeling of support, allegiance, or devotion towards someone or something. It involves a sense of commitment and duty, often following through with actions that uphold the interests of the person, group, or cause one is loyal to, even in challenging circumstances. Loyalty is a key element in personal, professional, and social relationships and it can be towards a partner, friend, employer, country, brand, or ideals and beliefs.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

1. Loyaltynoun

   the state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc

WikidataRate this definition:3.3 / 4 votes

1. Loyalty

   Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. There are many aspects to loyalty. John Kleinig, professor of Philosophy at City University of New York, observes that over the years the idea has been treated by creative writers from Aeschylus through John Galsworthy to Joseph Conrad, by psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, scholars of religion, political economists, scholars of business and marketing, and — most particularly — by political theorists, who deal with it in terms of loyalty oaths and patriotism. As a philosophical concept, loyalty was largely untreated by philosophers until the work of Josiah Royce, the "grand exception" in Kleinig's words. John Ladd, professor of Philosophy at Brown University writing in the Macmillan Encyclopaedia of Philosophy in 1967, observes that by that time the subject had received "scant attention in philosophical literature". This he attributed to "odious" associations that the subject had with nationalism, including the nationalism of Nazism, and with the metaphysics of idealism, which he characterized as "obsolete". He argued that such associations were, however, faulty, and that the notion of loyalty is "an essential ingredient in any civilized and humane system of morals". Kleinig observes that from the 1980s onwards, the subject gained attention, with philosophers variously relating it to professional ethics, whistleblowing, friendship, and virtue theory.

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1. loyalty

   The quality of being loyal.

   Loyalty is vital quality for couples, partnerships and marriage and we do this easily knowing love, unity, understanding and loyalty are for life.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 29, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Cooperation
   • Fidelity
   • Love

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'loyalty' in Nouns Frequency: #1833

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How to pronounce loyalty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say loyalty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loyalty in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loyalty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of loyalty in a Sentence

1. James Comey:

   I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.

2. The Queen:

   I would like to express my thanks to you all for your support. I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection that you continue to give me, and when, in the fullness of time, Prince Charles becomes King, I know you will give Prince Charles and Prince Charles wife Camilla the same support that you have given me ; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.

3. Eva Longoria:

   Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.

4. Charles Rwomushana:

   The two key objectives of the reshuffle were to show that loyalty pays and also to offer opportunity to those who might defect to Mbabazi.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   I have kind of tried to weigh the equities in all of this, trying to avoid dividing our country further than House Democrats already has divided it, but also, we have no choice, we took an oath to protect and defend our democracy and that is what House Democrats has made an assault on, if House Republicans have a higher loyalty to the President than they do to their oath of office, that's their problem.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loyalty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Loyalty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loyalty
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loyalty
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=loyalty
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=loyalty