Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 3.3.5: "allegiance"

allegiance: —This is another malapropism, but I can't imagine what other word Dogberry could have in mind. Verges has just said (or, rather, meant to say) that if the members of the watch were not "good men and true," it would be too bad ("were a pity") if they did not suffer damnation (but Verges uses the word "salvation" instead). Dogberry is now agreeing with Verges, so when he says "allegiance" he must mean its opposite, since allegiance would not deserve damnation.