Infidelity
[ɪnfɪ'delɪtɪ] or [,ɪnfɪ'dɛləti]
Definition
(n.) Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.
(n.) Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.
(n.) Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Unbelief, disbelief, scepticism.[2]. Faithlessness (particularly in the marriage relation), unfaithfulness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unbelief, disbelief, skepticism
ANT:Belief, faith, religiousness,[See FIDELITY]
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Examples
- THUS sad and disarranged were the thoughts of my poor sister, when she became assured of the infidelity of Raymond. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- 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.
- These things put arguments into the mouth of infidelity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Lord Deerhurst, by the restoration of his annuity, will put two hundred pounds a year into his pocket on Sophia's first act of infidelity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What restraint, therefore, shall we impose on women, in order to counter-balance so strong a temptation as they have to infidelity? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It was not--it is not a common infidelity at which I repine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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