noun [U]
1 ~ (to sth) (formal) the quality of being loyal and not betraying sb/sth:
fidelity to your principles / religion
2 ~ (to sb) the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife or partner by not having a sexual relationship with anyone else:
marital / sexual fidelity
OPPINFIDELITY
3 ~ (of sth) (to sth) (formal) the quality of being accurate:
the fidelity of the translation to the original text
seealsoHIGHFIDELITY
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fidelity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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