- commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
--1 is a kind of cooperation
--1 has particulars: communalism; consecration; devotion; faith - allegiance, fealty - the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
--2 is a kind of loyalty