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Antonyms for allegiance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-lee-juhns
Phonetic Transcription : əˈli dʒəns

Definition of allegiance

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French legaunce "loyalty of a liege-man to his lord," from Old French legeance, from liege (see liege); erroneously associated with Latin ligare "to bind;" corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance "alleviation." General figurative sense of "recognition of claims to respect or duty" is attested from 1732.
  • noun loyalty
Example sentences :
  • You have seen duty and allegiance in the determined faces of our soldiers.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • That every man may enjoy it without injury to his allegiance.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • He submitted to the French power, took the oath of allegiance, and became a French citizen.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • Even the political parties are losing the allegiance of the press.
  • Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
  • Even Will be Will seemed to be wavering in his allegiance to Diabolus.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • The old creeds will always hold our reverence and allegiance.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • By-and-by he may require everybody to take an oath of allegiance to the King.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • But their allegiance belongs to Asad-ed-Din, the exalted of Allah.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He needed the man's allegiance and he had no wish to make an enemy of him.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • It was the expiring tribute of allegiance to the chief he adored.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

Synonyms for allegiance

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