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Webster 1913 Edition
Fidelity
Fi-del′i-ty
,Noun.
Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.
Especially: (a)
Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.
Whose courageous
fidelity
was proof to all danger. Macaulay.
(b)
Adherence to the marriage contract.
(c)
Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
Syn. – Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fidelity
FIDEL'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Faithfulness; careful and exact observance of duty, or performance of obligations. We expect fidelity in a public minister, in an agent or trustee, in a domestic servant, in a friend.The best security for the fidelity of men, is to make interest coincide with duty.
2.
Firm adherence to a person or party with which one is united, or to which one is bound; loyalty; as the fidelity of subjects to their king or government; the fidelity of a tenant or liege to his lord.3.
Observance of the marriage covenant; as the fidelity of a husband or wife.4.
Honesty; veracity; adherence to truth; as the fidelity of a witness.