fidelity
noun/fɪˈdeləti/
/fɪˈdeləti/
[uncountable]- fidelity (to something) (formal) the quality of being loyal to somebody/something
- fidelity to your principles
Extra Examples- They still maintain fidelity to their religious tradition.
- They swore an oath of fidelity to their king.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- marital
- …
- maintain
- with fidelity
- fidelity to
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- fidelity (to somebody) the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife or partner by not having a sexual relationship with anyone else
- marital/sexual fidelity
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- marital
- …
- maintain
- with fidelity
- fidelity to
- fidelity (of something) (to something) (formal) the quality of being accurate
- the fidelity of the translation to the original text
- The story is told with great fidelity to the original.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- marital
- …
- maintain
- with fidelity
- fidelity to
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fidelite or Latin fidelitas, from fidelis ‘faithful’, from fides ‘faith’. Compare with fealty.
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