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Noun: loyalty  loy-ul-tee
  1. The quality of being loyal
    "The employee's loyalty to the company was evident in his long years of service";
    - trueness
     
  2. Feelings of allegiance
    "Her loyalty to the company never wavered, even in difficult times"
     
  3. The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
    "they felt no loyalty to a losing team";
    - commitment, allegiance, dedication

Derived forms: loyalties

See also: disloyal, loyal

Type of: aroha [NZ], cooperation, faithfulness, fidelity, love

Antonym: disloyalty

Encyclopedia: Loyalty