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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fi·del·i·ty (plural -ties) ETYMOLOGY Middle English fidelite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fidelité, from Latin fidelitat-, fidelitas, from fidelis faithful, from fides faith, from fidere to trust — more at bide DATE 15th century 1. a. the quality or state of being faithful b. accuracy in details : exactness 2. the degree to which an electronic device (as a record player, radio, or television) accurately reproduces its effect (as sound or picture) Synonyms. fidelity , allegiance , fealty , loyalty , devotion , piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty marital fidelity allegiance suggests an adherence like that of citizens to their country pledging allegiance fealty implies a fidelity acknowledged by the individual and as compelling as a sworn vow fealty to the truth loyalty implies a faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betray valued the loyalty of his friends devotion stresses zeal and service amounting to self-dedication a painter's devotion to her art piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental filial piety English Etymology fidelity 1494, from M.Fr . fidélité, from L. fidelitatem (nom. fidelitas) "faithfulness, adherence," from fidelis "faithful," from fides "faith" (see faith).http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 fidelity fi·del·ity / fi5delEti / noun[U] 1. ~ (to sth) (formal) the quality of being loyal to sb / sth 忠诚；忠实；忠贞: fidelity to your principles 对原则的忠诚不移 2. ~ (to sb) the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife or partner by not having a sexual relationship with anyone else (对丈夫、妻子或性伴侣的)忠贞,忠实,忠诚: marital / sexual fidelity 婚姻/性的忠贞 OPP infidelity 3. ~ (of sth) (to sth) (formal) the quality of being accurate 准确性；精确性: the fidelity of the translation to the original text 对原文翻译的准确性 ⇨ see also high fidelity Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English fidelity noun ADJ. great | absolute | marital PREP. with ~ telling the story with great fidelity to the original | ~ to They swore an oath of fidelity to their king. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 constancy to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty FF1C;we must practice fidelity to our wordFF1E; Synonyms: allegiance, ardor, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, loyalty, piety Related Words: constancy, staunchness, steadfastness; dependability, reliability, trustworthiness Contrasted Words: disloyalty, falseness, falsity, perfidiousness, traitorousness, treacherousness, treachery; undependableness, unreliability, untrustworthiness Antonyms: perfidy; faithlessness 2 Synonyms: ATTACHMENT 1, adherence, adhesion, constancy, faithfulness, loyalty Antonyms: infidelity Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: fidelity bond , or fidelity insurance , or high fidelity fi·del·i·ty \fə̇ˈdeləd.ē, fīˈ-, -lətē, -i\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English fidelite, from Middle French fidelité, from Latin fidelitat-, fidelitas — more at fealty 1. a. : the quality or state of being faithful or loyal (as to a person, cause, party, or nation) : loyalty ; specifically : adherence to the marriage contract : conjugal loyalty b. : accuracy in details (as in the reproduction of a manuscript, the reporting of an event, the performance of a duty) : exactness 2. obsolete : word of honor 3. a. : the degree to which an electronic device (as a radio receiving set, phonograph, or recording device) accurately reproduces at its output end the signal or wave form received at its input end b. : the relative tendency of a kind of organism (as a species) to be restricted to the ecological community to which it is most perfectly adapted — often used with a percentage expressing the degree to which such a tendency has developed < a substory plant of the beech-maple community with a 90 percent fidelity > — compare exclusive 1bSynonyms: allegiance , fealty , loyalty , devotion , piety : fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness as to an obligation, trust, or duty < a profound reverence for and fidelity to the truth, sometimes almost amounting to fanaticism — H.L.Mencken > < the oath which might be exacted — that of fidelity to the constitution — is prescribed — John Marshall > < it is equally certain, without any groundless aspersion of Harriet's conjugal fidelity, that the fault was not Shelley's — Richard Garnett †1906 > allegiance suggests adherence as that of medieval vassal to his lord or of a modern free citizen to his country < I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands — Francis Bellamy > < to exclude unnaturalized foreigners; the latter forming no part of the sovereignty, owing it no allegiance, and therefore under no obligation to defend it — R.B.Taney > < he claims no political allegiance, is a member of the bipartisan National Committee on Strengthening Congress — Current Biography > fealty implies a strict fidelity acknowledged and cherished by the individual < abolitionism, to which I swore fealty — J.R.Lowell > < constant in fealty to his faith, extracting fresh allegiance — W.O.Clough > < profoundly grateful and emboldened by their comradeship and their fealty — A.E.Stevenson †1965 > loyalty may imply steadfast and reliable personal attachment; in today's English it is taken to indicate absence of anything treasonable or subversive < the loyalties which lead men to go to war — Virginia Woolf > < western man subordinated religious loyalties to national ones — Isaac Deutscher > < loyalty in these terms is allegiance to the democratic way of life, to the process or system that welcomes into free competition even the most loathsome ideas — New Republic > devotion may indicate zealous self-dedication and ardent attachment < in the Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted amid swirling revolution in 1789, France rose to a height of devotion to human liberties from which she has never receded — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > < he loved with a passionate intensity of devotion the greatness of Roman traditions, and the memory of the mighty dead — Agnes Repplier > < a devotion to the welfare of children, a complete absorption in the business of parenthood, and a willingness not only to subordinate all other interests to those of the offspring, but, if necessary, to lay down life itself upon the altar of family duty — J.W.Krutch > piety applies to fidelity to spiritual or natural obligations < piety is the knowledge and worship of the gods: it consists in forming an adequate conception of them and imitating their perfection — Frank Thilly > < the principle of filial piety, which has existed throughout the world and is embodied in the Fifth Commandment — Bertrand Russell > |
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