fidelity

Fidelity is defined as being loyal or faithful, or an accurate copy.

(noun)

When a worker is unfailingly loyal to a company, this is an example of fidelity.
When a man and a wife are faithful to each other and do not have extramarital sex, this is an example of fidelity.
When a document is copied exactly, this is an example of fidelity.

See fidelity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. fidelities

faithful devotion to duty or to one's obligations or vows; loyalty; faithfulness
accuracy of a description, translation, etc. or of the reproduction of sound, an image, etc.

Origin: ME fidelite < OFr < L fidelitas < fidelis, faithful, trusty < fides, faith

See fidelity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fi·del·i·ties

Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.
The degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fidelite

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin fidēlitās

Origin: , from fidēlis, faithful

Origin: , from fidēs, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots

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