noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ full , strong
▪
We will give our full ~ to the party.
▪ traditional
▪ shifting
▪
It is hard to keep up with the shifting ~s between the various political parties.
▪ national , political , religious
▪ blind
▪
Love of one's country does not mean blind ~ to a regime.
▪ true
▪
He keeps everyone guessing about his true ~.
▪ primary
▪ class , party
VERB + ALLEGIANCE
▪ give , owe
▪
He owed his ~ to the organization that had given him all his opportunities.
▪ declare , pledge , profess ( esp. BrE ), swear
▪
The rebels now have to swear ~ to a leader they hate.
▪ show
▪ feel
▪ abandon
▪
Many people have abandoned their traditional party ~s.
▪ change , shift , switch , transfer
▪ claim
▪
The various splinter groups all claim ~ to the true spirit of the movement.
▪ claim , command
▪
Catholicism claims ~ from more than 80% of the population.
▪ retain
▪
The union needs to retain the ~ of all its members for the strike to succeed.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
He is now very rich but his ~ to his working-class origins is still strong.
PHRASES
▪ an oath of ~ , a pledge of ~
▪
New officers take an oath of ~ to their country.
▪
Every day the children say the Pledge of Allegiance. ( in the US )