Synonyms for loyalty


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loi-uhl-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔɪ əl ti

Top 10 synonyms for loyalty Other synonyms for the word loyalty

Définition of loyalty

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French loialté, leauté "loyalty, fidelity; legitimacy; honesty; good quality" (Modern French loyauté), from loial (see loyal). Earlier leaute (mid-13c.), from the older French form. Loyalty oath first attested 1852.
  • noun faithfulness, dependability
Example sentences :
  • So we decided to give our Loyalheart a loyalty token, and here it is.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Like Hamlet, too, this Richard is quick to suspect even his friends' loyalty.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • There was nothing forced nor feigned in these testimonials of loyalty to George the Second.
  • Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The khan asserted his loyalty and that of his neighbour the Khan of Jar.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • It was they who first questioned the petals of flowers for their lovers' loyalty.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • What a grand thing a boy's heart is, when you capture its loyalty and its affection!
  • Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
  • Pee-wee's loyalty was so staunch that he did not even consider the things his aunt had said.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • A legion of hirelings were zealous to show their servility and loyalty to their lords.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • But General Washington soon had cause to doubt his loyalty, and he was watched.
  • Extract from : « Ponteach » by Robert Rogers
  • As to their morality, it is on a level with their religion and loyalty.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

Antonyms for loyalty

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