Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
- n. Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.
- n. The degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Good faith; careful and exact observance of duty or performance of obligations: as, conjugal or official fidelity.
- n. 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.
- n. 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.
- n. 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).
Wiktionary
- n. faithfulness to one's duties
- n. accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
- n. loyalty, especially to one's spouse
- n. the degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.
- n. Adherence to the marriage contract.
- n. Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
WordNet 3.0
- n. accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
- n. the quality of being faithful
Etymologies
- Middle English fidelite, from Old French, from Latin fidēlitās, from fidēlis, faithful, from fidēs, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“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
“He thanked me many times for what he termed my fidelity to his sainted friend.”
“Sexual fidelity is akin to religious fidelity — “not an avoidance of risk, but the creation of a context in which grace can abound.””
“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 .”
“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
“How Important is physical appearance to long-term fidelity?”
The Huffington Post: Tom Matlack: Proud To Be A Stay-At-Home Dad?
“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.”
“Fewer than half of all cheaters believe that marital fidelity is always wrong.”
“He never explains why one form of holy ignorance, such as Pentecostalism, avoids political extremism while other forms do not: Many adherents of Salafist Islam, for instance, endorse violence in the name of fidelity to the Prophet.”
“Brennan told his Georgetown audience that attempting to "find legitimacy in fidelity" to the intentions of the framers was "little more than arrogance cloaked as humility.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fidelity’.
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@vcb.etym.prjct - SAT Catchall
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iconoclast, glacial, agnostic, histrionic, treacly, contemptuous, captious, bombastic, bombast, perfidy, quiescence, sordid and 148 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Prolagus ! Nov 12, 2008
chained_bear The H.M.S. Fidelity was listed as a "transport" captured at Yorktown in 1781. Oct 29, 2007