allegeance

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noun

Alleviation, relief.

OriginMiddle English allegeaunce ← Old French alegeance →
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Meanings

allegeance1

nounallegeance (plural allegeances)

plural allegeances · alternative allegeaunce

  1. obsoleteAlleviation, relief.

    What bootes it him from death to be vnbound, / To be captiued in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despaire without aleggeaunce?

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

allegeance2

nounallegeance (countable and uncountable, plural allegeances)

plural allegeances · alternative allegeaunce

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of allegiance.

Origin

allegeance · noun

  1. Old Frenchalegeance
  2. Middle Englishallegeaunce
  3. Englishallegeance

From Middle English allegeaunce, alleggeaunce, from Old French alegeance.

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allegeance · noun

See allegiance.

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Cite this entry
APA

allegeance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegeance

MLA

“allegeance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegeance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allegeance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegeance.

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