Fidelity

Noun

 * 1) faithfulness to one's duties
 * 2) accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
 * 3) loyalty, especially to one's spouse
 * 4) the degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.

Adjectives for Fidelity
conjugal; eye-taking; doglike; unswerving; undying; utmost; undeviating; eternal; scrupulous; minute; marvelous; assured; realistic; rigid; inviolable; subtle; flawless; dull; unwavering; long-tried; intense reverent; sober; unblemished; sorrowful life-like; profound; historic; pastoral; diving; true-hearted; noteworthy; everlasting.

Verbs for Fidelity
a—; appreciate —; arouse —; bestow—; buy —; depend on —; endow with —; entwine with —; exact —; incur —; instil—; nourish —; rivet —; shake —; strengthen —; support with —; swear —; threaten —; violate —; — endears; — endures; — palls; — perishes.

Synonyms for Fidelity
conscientiousness, allegiance, fealty, trustworthiness, accuracy, constancy, integrity, faithfulness, devotion, loyalty, trueness, sincerity, steadfastness, obedience, resolution, adherence, support, devotedness, zeal, earnestness, ardor.

Antonyms for Fidelity
infidelity, unfaithfulness, treachery, chicanery, double-dealing, stratagem, falseness, trickery, perfidiousness, lying, disloyalty, insincerity, fluctuation, prevarication, vacillation, wavering, unsteadiness, inconstancy.

Derived terms

 * fidelitous
 * fidelity bond
 * high fidelity

Related terms

 * faith

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
15th century, from fidélité: &larr;  fidelitas:, from fidelis:, from fides:.

Translations

 * Arabic: ولاء - إخلاص
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Redlichkeit
 * Icelandic: tryggð
 * Italian:


 * Kurdish:
 * Romanian: fidelitate
 * Russian: верность
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: trohet, plikttrohet
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: דיוק


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: exakthet


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: נאמנות
 * Icelandic: tryggð


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: trohet
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * German: Wiedergabetreue, Klangtreue (sound)
 * Hebrew: נאמנות למקור


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fidelitet, exakthet