fidelity

[Fi*delĀ·i*ty]

Fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal. Dogs are famous for their fidelity.

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Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.

Noun
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal

Noun
the quality of being faithful


n.
Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.

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.


Fidelity

Fi*del"i*ty , n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid'82lit'82. See Fealty.] Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially: (a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.
Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.
The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty.
(b) Adherence to the marriage contract. (c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity.
Syn. -- Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.

Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.

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Usage Examples

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, we've actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincoln's presidency that's somewhat original.

A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.

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Other Usage Examples

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.

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