fidelity
21fidelity — /fi del i tee, fuy /, n., pl. fidelities. 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… …
22fidelity — noun (C) 1 loyalty to your husband, girlfriend etc, shown by having sex only with them (+ to): Tom s fidelity to his wife was never in question. 2 the quality of not changing something when you are producing it again in a different form, by… …
23fidelity — noun 1) fidelity to her husband Syn: faithfulness, loyalty, constancy; trueheartedness, trustworthiness, dependability, reliability; formal troth Ant: infidelity, disloyalty 2) fidelity to your king Syn …
24fidelity — noun 1) fidelity to her husband Syn: faithfulness, loyalty, constancy, allegiance, commitment, devotion 2) the fidelity of the reproduction Syn: accuracy, exactness, precision, correctness …
25fidelity — n. 1 (often foll. by to) faithfulness, loyalty. 2 strict conformity to truth or fact. 3 exact correspondence to the original. 4 precision in reproduction of sound (high fidelity). Phrases and idioms: fidelity insurance insurance taken out by an… …
26fidelity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. faithfulness, reliability, loyalty; exactness, accuracy. See truth, probity. Ant., infidelity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Faithfulness in allegiance] Syn. loyalty, constancy, devotion; see constancy 1 ,… …
27fidelity — fi|del|i|ty [ fı deləti ] noun uncount 1. ) the attitude or behavior of someone who is willing to have sex only with their husband, wife, or partner 2. ) FORMAL loyalty to a person, organization, or principle 3. ) FORMAL the degree to which… …
28fidelity — copulation only with a regular sexual partner It means faithfulness, in all its senses: ... expecting complete fidelity from Christine. (S. Green, 1979, writing about the slum landlord Rachman and his mistress Keeler) …
29fidelity — UK [fɪˈdelətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the attitude or behaviour of someone who is willing to have sex only with their husband, wife, or partner 2) formal loyalty to a person, organization, or principle 3) formal the degree to which something… …
30fidelity — /fəˈdɛləti / (say fuh deluhtee) noun (plural fidelities) 1. the strict observance of promises, duties, etc. 2. loyalty. 3. conjugal faithfulness. 4. strict adherence to truth or fact; (of persons) honesty, truthfulness; (of descriptions, copies,… …