/ˈlɔɪəlti/
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Translation
The quality of always supporting your friends, family, or group, even in hard times.
Word origin
From Old French loialte, from Latin legalis, meaning faithful to the law, from lex, law.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- lex
- English cognates
- loyal, legal
Grammar
Gender
Pluralloyalties
Examples
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Loyalty is the noun; loyal is the adjective.
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You show "loyalty to" a person or a group.
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Staying with someone through good and bad times is loyalty.
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