[fɪˈdɛlɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support
(e.g: he sought only the strictest fidelity to justice)

- the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced
(e.g: the 1949 recording provides reasonable fidelity)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French fidelite or Latin fidelitas, from fidelis ‘faithful’, from fides ‘faith’. Compare with fealty