loyalty

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being loyal; fidelity.

   brand loyalty

2. 2
   noun

   Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.

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

3. 3
   noun

   the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

4. 4
   noun

   the quality of being loyal

5. 5
   noun

   feelings of allegiance

Etymology

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