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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fidelity \Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf F. fid['e]lit['e].
See {Fealty}.]
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.
The best security for the fidelity of men is to
make interest coincide with duty. --A. Hamilton.
b Adherence to the marriage contract.
c Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
The principal thing required in a witness is
fidelity. --Hooker.
Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty;
fealty.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fidelity
n 1: accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the
sound or image of its input signal
2: the quality of being faithful [syn: {faithfulness}] [ant: {infidelity},
{infidelity}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fidelity, IL (village, FIPS 25960)
Location: 39.15459 N, 90.16350 W
Population (1990): 66 (27 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62030
Fidelity, MO (town, FIPS 24112)
Location: 37.08201 N, 94.30947 W
Population (1990): 235 (98 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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