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"
Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief. My allegiance to Kendall and his company ran deep. loyalty to a leader, country, belief etc allegiance to (ligeance, from lige , from laetus )
The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state
a speech that US citizens learn, which is a promise to respect the US and be loyal to it. In schools children usually say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, while looking at the national flag and putting their right hand over their heart: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all
() Middle English aliegiaunce from Anglo-Norman legaunce "loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord" from Old French legeance from Old French lege, liege "liege, servant", of Germanic origin. More at liege.