loyalty.

A continuing commitment to a person, group, principle, or obligation.

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Words that belong together

• divided loyalties
• loyalty to a principle

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Divided loyalties made the decision painful.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular loyalty; plural loyalties. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.