what does allegiance mean?
ALLEGIANCE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
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Usage Example(s)
- his long commitment to public service
- they felt no loyalty to a losing team
Hypernyms(s) allegiance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Derived(s)
- Meaning
- the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
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Hypernyms(s) allegiance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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