Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
- noun The condition or behavior of engaging in sex only with one's spouse or only with one's partner in a sexual relationship.
- noun Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.
- noun The degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Good faith; careful and exact observance of duty or performance of obligations: as, conjugal or official fidelity.
- noun Faithful devotion or submission; unswerving adherence; close or exact conformity; fealty; allegiance: as, fidelity to a husband or wife, or to a trust; fidelity to one's principles or to instructions; the dog is the type of fidelity.
- noun Faithful adherence to truth or reality; strict conformity to fact; truthfulness; exactness; accuracy: as, the fidelity of a witness, of a narrative, or of a picture.
- noun An order of Portugal, founded by John VI. in 1823 for the supporters of the monarchy during the insurrectionary movements in that country. Synonyms Faith, integrity, trustiness, trustworthiness, conscientiousness; Constancy, Faithfulness, etc. (see
firmness ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.
- noun Adherence to the marriage contract.
- noun Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Faithfulness to one'sduties . - noun
Loyalty to one'sspouse orpartner , including abstention fromextramarital affairs (except in anopen marriage ). - noun
Accuracy , or exactcorrespondence to some givenquality orfact . - noun The
degree to which asystem accuratelyreproduces an input.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
- noun the quality of being faithful
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Loyalty is indeed something more than fidelity to one's country and Government, based upon a sense of interest or of obligation: it is _fidelity based upon love_.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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He thanked me many times for what he termed my fidelity to his sainted friend.
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Fewer than half of all cheaters believe that marital fidelity is always wrong.
Bella DePaulo: Infidelity in America: Decades of Cheating and Passing Judgment on Cheaters Bella DePaulo 2010
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And I disagree — I would rather read a manga in English with a professional adapter than a translation by someone who thinks fidelity is more important than readability.
Plagiarism, Scanlations, and Copies: Nick Simmons’ Incarnate Rips Off Bleach » Manga Worth Reading 2010
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Fewer than half of all cheaters believe that marital fidelity is always wrong.
Bella DePaulo: Infidelity in America: Decades of Cheating and Passing Judgment on Cheaters Bella DePaulo 2010
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Fewer than half of all cheaters believe that marital fidelity is always wrong.
Bella DePaulo: Infidelity in America: Decades of Cheating and Passing Judgment on Cheaters Bella DePaulo 2010
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Europe, in fidelity to her Christian roots, has a particular vocation to uphold this transcendent vision in her initiatives to serve the common good of individuals, communities, and nations .
Benedict XVI on Europe, Communism, hope, faith, and freedom 2009
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How Important is physical appearance to long-term fidelity?
Tom Matlack: Proud To Be A Stay-At-Home Dad? Tom Matlack 2011
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Sexual fidelity is akin to religious fidelity — “not an avoidance of risk, but the creation of a context in which grace can abound.”
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Whereas according to the dual covenant theology favoured by these liberal protestors and associated by them with the Council, Catholics should now admit that the Jews have in fidelity to the Old Testament Covenant a promise and means of salvation that is both unrevoked and quite separate from the way taken by Christians who follow Jesus Christ as their redeemer.
chained_bear commented on the word fidelity
The H.M.S. Fidelity was listed as a "transport" captured at Yorktown in 1781.
October 29, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word fidelity
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November 13, 2008