Noun: allegiance u'lee-jun(t)s
- The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
"his long allegiance to public service";
- commitment, loyalty, dedication
- The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
"The knights swore allegiance to their king";
- fealty
Derived forms: allegiances
Type of: cooperation, loyalty, trueness
Encyclopedia: Allegiance