Disloyalty and Loyalty

Disloyalty

Disloyalty noun - Lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife.
Usage example: she was greatly pained by her husband's disloyalty

Loyalty is an antonym for disloyalty in unfaithfulness topic.

Nearby Words: disloyal, disloyally

Loyalty

Loyalty noun - Adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty.
Usage example: there was no denying that dog's loyalty to his master

Disloyalty is an antonym for loyalty in faithfulness topic.

Nearby Words: loyal, loyally, loyalist

How words are described

true true disloyalty true loyalty
apparent apparent disloyalty apparent loyalty
perceived perceived disloyalty perceived loyalty

Both words in one sentence

  • It's a safer bet to make sure that they know that the punishment for disloyalty outweighs any temporary hardships loyalty brings.
  • His job was actually about weeding out disloyalty, by torturing and killing those alleged to be disloyal, rather than about encouraging actual loyalty.
    Source: Double Speak
  • Defiant to the End His last words were: "Loyalty to a country under the heel of a white man is disloyalty".
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