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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal;

2. the quality of being faithful;
[syn: fidelity, faithfulness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. --Hooker. Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: fidelity, faithfulness] [ant: infidelity, unfaithfulness]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.