Fidelity Definition
fĭ-dĕlĭ-tē, fī-
fidelities
noun
fidelities
Faithful devotion to duty or to one's obligations or vows; loyalty; faithfulness.
Webster's New World
The condition or behavior of engaging in sex only with one's spouse or only with one's partner in a sexual relationship.
American Heritage
Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.
The fidelity of the movie to the book.
American Heritage
Accuracy of a description, translation, etc. or of the reproduction of sound, an image, etc.
Webster's New World
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fidelitiesOrigin of Fidelity
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15th century, from Middle French fidélité, from Latin fidēlitās, from fidēlis (“faithful”), from fidēs (“faith, loyalty”) (English faith), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”) (English bide).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English fidelite from Old French from Latin fidēlitās from fidēlis faithful from fidēs faith bheidh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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