fidelity

4 definitions found

fidelity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fidelity \Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid['e]lit['e].
     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.
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               Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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               The best security for the fidelity of men is to
               make interest coincide with duty.    --A. Hamilton.
     (b) Adherence to the marriage contract.
     (c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
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               The principal thing required in a witness is
               fidelity.                            --Hooker.
  
     Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty;
          fealty.
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fidelity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fidelity
      n 1: accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the
           sound or image of its input signal
      2: the quality of being faithful [syn: fidelity,
         faithfulness] [ant: infidelity, unfaithfulness]

fidelity - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Fidelity, IL (village, FIPS 25960)
    Location: 39.15459 N, 90.16350 W
    Population (1990): 66 (27 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62030
  Fidelity, MO (town, FIPS 24112)
    Location: 37.08201 N, 94.30947 W
    Population (1990): 235 (98 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

fidelity - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  130 Moby Thesaurus words for "fidelity":
     abandon, absoluteness, accuracy, adherence, adhesion, allegiance,
     application, ardency, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, attachment,
     attention to fact, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, bulldog tenacity,
     care for truth, commitment, committedness, concentration,
     constancy, correctness, dedication, delicacy, dependability,
     devotedness, devotion, devoutness, diligence, dogged perseverance,
     doggedness, earnestness, endurance, engrossment, exactitude,
     exactness, faith, faithfulness, faultlessness, fealty, fervency,
     fervidness, fervor, fineness, fire, firmness, flawlessness,
     good faith, heartiness, heat, heatedness, homage, impassionedness,
     indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistence,
     insistency, intensity, intentness, literalism, literality,
     literalness, loyalty, mathematical precision, meticulousness,
     niceness, nicety, obstinacy, passion, passionateness, patience,
     patience of Job, perfection, permanence, perseverance, persistence,
     persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, piety, plodding,
     plugging, preciseness, precision, preoccupation, refinement,
     relentlessness, reliability, resolution, right, rightness,
     rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, sedulity, sedulousness, seriousness,
     severity, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose,
     slogging, spirit, stability, stamina, staunchness, staying power,
     steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, strictness,
     stubbornness, subtlety, tenaciousness, tenacity, textualism,
     the letter, tie, tirelessness, troth, true blue, trueness,
     trustworthiness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, vehemence,
     warmth, zeal