loyalty

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As for imperilling our Imperial connections--I do not mean to be offensive at all--of course you see what your position amounts to--that our financial interests would swamp our loyalty, that our loyalty is a thing of dollars and cents.

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  1. noun The state or quality of being loyal. See Synonyms at fidelity.
  2. noun A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection. Often used in the plural: My loyalties lie with my family.

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  • The irony was that Bush, an opponent of affirmative action designed to help the deserving, was using his own distorted form of it to reward the dubious for their loyalty -- and, just as important, for their complicity in helping to perpetuate a myth. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • The qualities that make Rick Wagoner an excellent human being - loyalty, a sense of honour and duty, honesty and integrity - are all the things you'd want in your family and friends. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Engaging: creating alignment for are female. execution. 240 new women - Re-imagine how this process reshapes owned businesses culture and builds teams who are delivering memorable customer experiences - whose are started in the loyalty is the bottom line. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Take my current deal for example, where my loyalty was allegedly rewarded with 200 minutes and 200 texts for 'only' £15 —  Fool.co.uk - Headlines
  • Whereas dogs are best known for their loyalty, the sages foresaw a time when an entire generation would have only the face of a dog - maintaining the appearance of valuing loyalty while essentially forsaking the quality in favor of personal advantage and self-interest.
 

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devotion ·  fidelity ·  patriotism ·  obedience ·  integrity ·  generosity ·  piety ·  gratitude ·  confidence ·  bravery ·  independence ·  honor

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loyalty:   loyalties
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  1. from Middle English *loialte, from Old French loialte, loyaute (also lealte, leaute, later English lealty), loyalty, French loyauté = Provencal leyaltat, leiautat, lealtat = Spanish lealtad = Portuguese lealdade = Italian lealtà, from Middle Latin legalita(t-)s, loyalty, also legality; from legalis, loyal, legal: see loyal. Cf. lealty, legality.
 

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/ˈlɔɪəlti/
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