Значение слова allegiance

Определения слова allegiance
- верность, преданность
- присяга.
  - If the Yankees had acted right, I'd have taken their oath of allegiance but I ain't now.
- обязательство верности; верноподданство; вассальная зависимость.
  - To you I turn, noble King Richard, with the vows of allegiance, which, as a liege-subject
  - Many would choose to starve before giving allegiance to an agrarian-merchant state.