Fidelity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fi=del=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

Fidelity, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fidélité. See Fealty.].

 Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.  [1913 Webster]
"Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger."  [1913 Webster]
"The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty."
"The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity."

Syn. -- Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Fidelity, n.
1 (often foll. by to) faithfulness, loyalty.
2 strict conformity to truth or fact.
3 exact correspondence to the original.
4 precision in reproduction of sound (high fidelity).

Idiom

fidelity insurance insurance taken out by an employer against losses incurred through an employee's dishonesty etc.

Etymology

F fid{eacute}lit{eacute} or L fidelitas (as FEALTY)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Fidelity

n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Fidelity

Obedience

N obedience, observance, compliance, submission, subjection, nonresistance, passiveness, resignation, allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion, constancy, fidelity, submissness, submissiveness, ductility, obsequiousness, obedient, complying, compliant, loyal, faithful, devoted, at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call, under beck and call, under control, restrainable, resigned, passive, submissive, henpecked, pliant, unresisted, obediently, in compliance with, in obedience to, to hear is to obey, as you please, if you please, your wish is my command, as you wish, no sooner said than done.

Observance

N observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence, obedience, fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge, acquittance, acquittal, adhesion, acknowledgment, fidelity, exact, observance, observant, faithful, true, loyal, honorable, true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole, punctual, punctilious, literal, as good as one's word, faithfully, ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi, tempori parendum, to God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

Probity

N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.

Veracity

N veracity, truthfulness, frankness truth, sincerity, candor, unreserve, honesty, fidelity, plain dealing, bona fides, love of truth, probity, ingenuousness, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the trut, honest truth, sober truth, unvarnished tale, light of truth, truthful, true, veracious, veridical, scrupulous, sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved, open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted, honest, trustworthy, undissembling &c (dissemble), guileless, pure, truth- loving, unperjured, true blue, as good as one's word, unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide, outspoken, ingenuous, undisguised, uncontrived, truly, in plain words, in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth, as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole, honor bright, troth, in good sooth, in good earnest, unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae, without equivocation, cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart, by my troth, di il vero a affronterai il diavolo, Dichtung und Wahrheit, esto quod esse videris, magna est veritas et praevalet, that golden key that opes the palace of eternity, veritas odium parit, veritatis simplex oratio est, verite sans peur.