loyalty

Definition

The state of being loyal; fidelity.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "brand loyalty"
• "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."

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