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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infidelity \In`fi*del"i*ty\, n.; pl {Infidelities}. [L.
infidelitas: cf F. infid['e]lit['e].]
1. Want of faith or belief in some religious system;
especially, a want of faith in or disbelief of the
inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of
Christianity.
There is indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of
the principal causes of infidelity. --V. Knox.
2. Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation
of the marriage covenant by adultery.
3. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral
obligation; treachery; deceit; as the infidelity of a
servant. ``The infidelity of friends.'' --Sir W. Temple.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
infidelity
n : the quality of being unfaithful [syn: {unfaithfulness}]
[ant: {fidelity}, {fidelity}]
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