&ndash;noun, plural -ties. 1. strict observance of promises, duties, etc.: a servant's fidelity. 2. loyalty: fidelity to one's country. 3. conjugal faithfulness. 4. adherence to fact or detail. 5. accuracy; exactness: The speech was transcribed with great fidelity. 6. Audio, Video. the degree of accuracy with which sound or images are recorded or reproduced. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Origin: 1375–1425; late ME fidelite (< MF) < L fidÄ“litās, equiv. to fidÄ“li- (s. of fidÄ“lis loyal, equiv. to fidÄ“(s) faith + -lis adj. suffix) + -tās -ty 2 Synonyms: 2. See loyalty. 5. precision, faithfulness, rigor, meticulousness. Antonyms: 2. disloyalty. n. pl. fi·del·i·ties Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances. Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy. The degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces the sound or image of its input signal. [Middle English fidelite, from Old French, from Latin fidÄ“litās, from fidÄ“lis, faithful, from fidÄ“s, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.] Synonyms: These nouns denote faithfulness. Fidelity implies the unfailing fulfillment of one's duties and obligations and strict adherence to vows or promises: fidelity to one's spouse. Allegiance is faithfulness considered as a duty: "I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.... The Union, Sir, is my country" (Henry Clay). Fealty, once applied to the obligation of a tenant or vassal to a feudal lord, now suggests faithfulness that one has pledged to uphold: swore fealty to the laws of that country. Loyalty implies a steadfast and devoted attachment that is not easily turned aside: loyalty to an oath; loyalty to one's family. : the quality or state of being faithful or loyal; especially : loyalty to one's spouse in refraining from adultery and sometimes in submitting to a spouse's reasonable sexual desires got this from dictionary.com

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