loyalty (redirected from loyalties)

loy·al·ty  (loil-t)

n. pl. loy·al·ties

1. The state or quality of being loyal. See Synonyms at fidelity.

2. A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection. Often used in the plural: My loyalties lie with my family.

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loyalty [ˈlɔɪəltɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the state or quality of being loyal

2. (often plural) a feeling of allegiance

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Loyalty/Disloyalty 

See Also: FRIENDSHIP, LOVE

1. Always at her side like a Great Dane —Carlos Baker
2. As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affection —Anna Jameson
3. Devoted and caretaking as a cat with her kittens —Katherine Anne Porter
4. (In the end, people’s) devotion hung like rocks around your neck —Alice Munro

   See Also: CLINGING

5. Endless devotion … like a straitjacket —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
6. Faithful (to each other) as the Canada goose, more or less —Laurie Colwin
7. Fickle as spring sunlight —Carolyn Kizer
8. A heart true as steel —William Shakespeare

   Shakespeare gave this comparison from Midsummer Night’s Dream a slight twist in Romeo and Juliet: “My man’s as true as steel.”

9. Like a woman in her first love affair, he insisted on unconditional commitment —Ariel Dorfman
10. Loyal, like a dog —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
11. Loyalty … small and hard, like buckshot lodged in her stomach —Sarah Litsey
12. To say that you can love one person all your life is just like saying that one candle will continue burning as long as you live —Leo Tolstoy
13. True to her husband as the dial to the sun —Henry Fielding

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	loyalty - the quality of being loyal           trueness faithfulness, fidelity - the quality of being faithful staunchness, steadfastness - loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty fealty, allegiance - the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) nationalism, patriotism - love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high" regionalism - loyalty to the interests of a particular region disloyalty - the quality of being disloyal
	2.	loyalty - feelings of allegiance love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
	3.	loyalty - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" allegiance, commitment, dedication communalism - loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole consecration - a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study" cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" devotion - commitment to some purpose; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" enlistment - the act of enlisting (as in a military service) faith - loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"

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loyalty

noun faithfulness, commitment, devotion, allegiance, reliability, fidelity, homage, patriotism, obedience, constancy, dependability, trustworthiness, steadfastness, troth (archaic), fealty, staunchness, trueness, trustiness, true-heartedness I have sworn an oath of loyalty to the monarchy.

Quotations
"No man can serve two masters" Bible: St. Matthew

Translations

loyalty [ˈlɔɪəltɪ]

A. N

1. (= quality) (to leader, government) → lealtad f (to a) (to beliefs, principles) → fidelidad f (to a)

2. (often pl) (= feeling) he has divided loyalties → tiene un conflicto de lealtades
she is a woman of fierce loyalties → es una mujer muy leal

B. CPD loyalty card N (Brit) (Comm) tarjeta que reparten los hipermercados a sus clientes, mediante la que se acumulan puntos u otras ventajas

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loyalty [ˈlɔɪəlti] n

(= fidelity) → loyauté f, fidélité f
to swear an oath of loyalty to sb/sth → jurer fidélité a qn/qch
I have sworn an oath of loyalty to the monarchy → J'ai juré fidélité à la monarchie.
sb's loyalty to sb → la loyauté de qn envers qn, la fidélité de qn à qn
out of loyalty to sb → par loyauté envers qn, par fidélité envers qn

(= allegiance) to have divided loyalties → être tiraillé(e) entre deux camps
to have strong loyalties to sb → être dévoué(e) à qn
loyalty card n → carte f de fidélité

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loyalty

n

→ Treue f; conflicting loyalties → nicht zu vereinbarende Treuepflichten; torn between loyalty to X and loyalty to Y → hin- und hergerissen in der Treue zu X und der zu Y

(non-emotional) → Loyalität f; his changing political loyalties → seine wechselnden politischen Bekenntnisse

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loyalty [ˈlɔɪ/əltɪ] n → lealtà f inv, fedeltà f inv

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loyalty → إخلاص loajalita loyalitet Loyalität αφοσίωση lealtad uskollisuus loyauté lojalnost fedeltà 忠誠 충성 loyaliteit lojalitet lojalność lealdade лояльность lojalitet ความจงรักภักดี sadakat lòng trung thành 忠诚