English-Thai Dictionary

infidelity

N การ นอกใจ  ความ ไม่ เลื่อมใส ศาสนา  การ นอกรีต  misbelief irreligion disloyalty fidelity kan-nok-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFIDELITY

n.[L. infidelitas.] 1. In general, want of faith or belief; a withholding of credit.
2. Disbelief of the inspiration of the Scriptures, or the divine original of christianity; unbelief.
There is no doubt that vanity is one principal cause of infidelity.
3. Unfaithfulness, particularly in married persons; a violation of the marriage covenant by adultery or lewdness.
4. Breach of trust; treachery; deceit; as the infidelity of a friend or a servant. In this sense, unfaithfulness is most used.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INFIDELITY

In `fi *del "i *ty, n.; pl. Infidelities (. Etym: [L. infidelitas: cf. F.infidélité. ]

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

infidelity

in fi del i ty |ˌinfiˈdelitē ˈˌɪnfəˈˌdɛlədi | ▶noun ( pl. infidelities ) 1 the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner: her infidelity continued after her marriage | I ought not to have tolerated his infidelities. 2 unbelief in a particular religion, esp. Christianity. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘lack of faith ’ and ‘disloyalty ’): from Old French infidelite or Latin infidelitas, from infidelis ‘not faithful ’ (see infidel ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

infidelity

in |fi ¦del |ity |ɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti | ▶noun ( pl. infidelities ) [ mass noun ] 1 the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner: her infidelity continued after her marriage | [ count noun ] : I ought not to have tolerated his infidelities. 2 disbelief in a particular religion, especially Christianity. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘lack of faith ’ and ‘disloyalty ’): from Old French infidelite or Latin infidelitas, from infidelis ‘not faithful ’ (see infidel ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

infidelity

infidelity noun even after reconciliation, she could not forgive his infidelity: unfaithfulness, adultery, cuckoldry, disloyalty, extramarital sex; deceit, falseness; affair, liaison, fling, amour; informal fooling /playing around, cheating, two-timing, hanky-panky; formal fornication. ANTONYMS faithfulness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

infidelity

infidelity noun her husband never knew of her infidelity: unfaithfulness, adultery, unchastity, cuckoldry, extramarital relations, extramarital sex; faithlessness, disloyalty, falseness, breach of trust, treachery, double-dealing, duplicity, deceit, perfidy, perfidiousness; affair, liaison, intrigue, amour; informal fooling around, playing around, playing the field, cheating, two-timing, hanky-panky, a bit on the side; formal fornication. ANTONYMS fidelity, faithfulness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

infidelity

in fi del i ty /ɪ̀nfɪdéləti /名詞 複 -ties U C 1 不貞 (行為 ); 不倫, 浮気 .2 不信心 .