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al‧le‧giance /əˈliːdʒəns/ noun [uncountable and countable]
تابعیت، تبعیت، وفاداری، بیعت
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Synonyms & Related Wordsallegiance[noun]Synonyms: loyalty, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, obedience
Contrasted words: alienation, disaffection, disloyalty, treason
Related Words: firmness,
consecration,
dedication,
deference,
homage,
honor [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionaryal‧le‧giance /əˈliːdʒ
əns/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: ligeance, from lige 'person you owe loyal service to', from Late Latin laetus 'serf']
loyalty to a leader, country, belief etc
allegiance to
You owe allegiance (=have a duty to give allegiance) to your king.swear/pledge allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. an oath of allegianceswitch/transfer allegiance (=start to support a different person, group etc) The people here have strong political allegiances. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsallegiance noun ADJ. full, strong We will give our full allegiance to the party and everything it believes in.
traditional | changing, shifting It is hard to keep up with the changing allegiances between the various political parties.
political, religious | class, party VERB + ALLEGIANCE give, owe He owed his allegiance to the organization that had given him all his opportunities.
pledge, swear The rebels now have to swear allegiance to the queen they hate.
abandon Many people have abandoned their traditional party allegiances.
change, shift, switch, transfer | claim The various splinter groups all claim allegiance to the true spirit of the movement.
claim, command Catholicism claims allegiance from more than 80% of the population.
retain The union needs to retain the allegiance of all its members for the strike to succeed. PREP. to ~ He is now very rich but his allegiance to his working-class origins is still strong. PHRASES an oath of allegiance Every day the schoolchildren pledge an oath of allegiance to their country. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲