loyalty pledge
Sworn fidelity promise
A loyalty pledge is a formal promise of allegiance or fidelity, typically required by an institution or authority.
Governments may require loyalty pledges from employees or immigrants; organizations may demand them from members.
The term often carries connotations of coercion or political conformity: During the McCarthy era, loyalty pledges were required of teachers and government workers.
Distinguished from voluntary oaths by the implication that refusal brings consequences.
- oathFormal binding promise
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- blood oathVow sealed by bloodshed
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
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- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
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Breaking of trust
treason · defection · desertion · disloyalty · renunciation
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Insincere, meaningless talk
lip service · hollow promise · equivocation · hedging · no strings attached
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Public expression of disapproval
conscientious objection · resistance · rebellion · civil disobedience · denunciation
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