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Vinony

loyalty

noun

  1. quality of being loyal
  2. object to which one is loyal
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪəlti/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té, equivalent to loyal + -ty.

  1. The state of being loyal; fidelity.

    “brand loyalty”

  2. Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.

    “He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations.”

    “Over the violence and the proud loyalties, over the sold-out-ness and the cruel indifference, there is light reclothing us in a kind of strange innocence.”