fidelity
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Britannica Dictionary definition of FIDELITY
[noncount]
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a
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the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife, or sexual partner
— often + to
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opposite infidelity
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She began to doubt her husband's fidelity. [=to wonder if he was having an affair with another woman]
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sexual fidelity
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his fidelity to his wife
b
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the quality of being faithful or loyal to a country, organization, etc.
— usually + to
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No one can doubt his fidelity [=devotion] to his country.
2
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the degree to which something matches or copies something else
— + to
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The movie's director insisted on total fidelity to the book. [=insisted that the story told in the movie should accurately copy the story told in the book]
3
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the degree to which a device (such as a CD player, radio, or television) correctly reproduces sounds, pictures, etc.
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see also high fidelity
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music with much higher fidelity than on cassettes
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a printer with outstanding color fidelity [=a printer that produces very accurate colors]
