Commitment vs. Loyalty — What's the Difference?

The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Loyalty, in general use, is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another human being can be the object of loyalty.

An engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action

The quality of being loyal

The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.

The state or quality of being loyal.

Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.

Often loyalties A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection

A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.

The state of being loyal; fidelity.

A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action

Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.

Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.

The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person

The quality of being loyal

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Feelings of allegiance

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.

State of being pledged or engaged.

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

An engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

A message that makes a pledge

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)