Fidelity
[fɪ'delɪtɪ] or [fɪ'dɛləti]
Definition
(noun.) accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.
(noun.) the quality of being faithful.
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Definition
(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.
Checker: Rene
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Faithfulness, trustworthiness, RELIABLENESS, RELIABILITY, loyalty, fealty, adherence to duty, observance of good faith.[2]. Accuracy, closeness, exactness.
Typist: Serena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fealty, attachment, truthfulness, allegiance, accuracy, closeness, exactness,faithfulness, integrity, loyalty, honesty
ANT:Treachery, disloyalty, disaffection, untruthfulness, inaccuracy, inexactness,infidelity
Editor: Ozzie
Definition
n. faithful performance of duty: faithfulness to a husband or wife: honesty: firm adherence.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
Editor: Zeke
Examples
- Its deep fidelity and goodness were not to be adorned by me or any man. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That the more I stood in need of such fidelity, the more firmly I might trust in him to the last. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They are but secrecy, fidelity, and perseverance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These _Memoirs_, in their character of fidelity, which no one can reasonably doubt, assume a rank of more than common consideration. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No fidelity, no constant truth and passion, could move her into warmth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I certify, with my whole heart, to the fidelity of the portrait. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Fidelity in love for fidelity's sake had less attraction for her than for most women; fidelity because of love's grip had much. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Finally comes one of Tycho's hunting dogs--very faithful and sagacious; he serves here as a hieroglyph of his master's nobility as well as of sagacity and fidelity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But though this be a very strong motive to fidelity, our philosopher would quickly discover, that it would not alone be sufficient to that purpose. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I can attest your fidelity, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Those, who have an interest in the fidelity of women, naturally disapprove of their infidelity, and all the approaches to it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Pa, in appropriate action, expressed fidelity to the mark, and made off as fast as he could go. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have already assured you of my fidelity, said Raymond with disdainful coldness, triple assertions will avail nothing where one is despised. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I will be with you--I and Mrs. Gill only--in any, in every extremity where calm and fidelity are needed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She tended him through a series of unheard-of illnesses with a fidelity most admirable. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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