English-Thai Dictionary

fidelity

N ความจงรักภักดี  ความซื่อสัตย์  allegiance fealty honesty kwam-jong-rak-pak-de

 

fidelity

N ความถูกต้อง  ความแม่นยำ  ความเที่ยงตรง  exactness verity untruthfulness kwam-tuk-tok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIDELITY

n.[L. fidelitas, from fides, faith, fido, to trust. See Faith. ] 1. Faithfulness; careful and exact observance of duty, or performance of obligations. We expect fidelity in a public minister, in an agent or trustee, in a domestic servant, in a friend.
The best security for the fidelity of men, is to make interest coincide with duty.
2. Firm adherence to a person or party with which one is united, or to which one is bound; loyalty; as the fidelity of subjects to their king or government; the fidelity of a tenant or liege to his lord.
3. Observance of the marriage covenant; as the fidelity of a husband or wife.
4. Honesty; veracity; adherence to truth; as the fidelity of a witness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FIDELITY

Fi *del "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fidélité. See Fealty. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fidelity

fi del i ty |fəˈdelətē fɪˈdɛlədi | ▶noun faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support: he sought only the strictest fidelity to justice. • sexual faithfulness to a spouse or partner. • the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced: the 1949 recording provides reasonable fidelity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French fidelite or Latin fidelitas, from fidelis ‘faithful, ’ from fides ‘faith. ’ Compare with fealty .

 

fidelity insurance

fi ¦del |ity in ¦sur |ance ▶noun [ mass noun ] insurance taken out by an employer against losses incurred through dishonesty by employees.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fidelity

fidelity |fɪˈdɛlɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support: his fidelity to liberal ideals. • sexual faithfulness to a spouse or partner. 2 the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced: the 1949 recording provides reasonable fidelity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French fidelite or Latin fidelitas, from fidelis ‘faithful ’, from fides ‘faith ’. Compare with fealty .

 

fidelity insurance

fi ¦del |ity in ¦sur |ance ▶noun [ mass noun ] insurance taken out by an employer against losses incurred through dishonesty by employees.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fidelity

fidelity noun 1 fidelity to her husband: faithfulness, loyalty, constancy; trueheartedness, trustworthiness, dependability, reliability; formal troth. ANTONYMS infidelity, disloyalty. 2 fidelity to your king: loyalty, allegiance, obedience; historical homage, fealty. ANTONYMS disloyalty. 3 the fidelity of the reproduction: accuracy, exactness, precision, preciseness, correctness; strictness, closeness, faithfulness, authenticity. ANTONYMS inaccuracy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fidelity

fidelity noun 1 she was never tempted to stray from fidelity to her husband: faithfulness, loyalty, constancy; devotedness, devotion, commitment, adherence; true-heartedness, trustworthiness, trustiness, honesty, dependability, reliability; monogamy; archaic troth. ANTONYMS disloyalty; infidelity. 2 fidelity to your king: loyalty, allegiance, obedience, constancy, fealty, homage; staunchness, fastness. 3 the fidelity of the reproduction: accuracy, exactness, exactitude, precision, preciseness, correctness, scrupulousness; strictness, closeness, faithfulness, correspondence, literalness, conformity; realism, verisimilitude, veracity, authenticity, naturalism. ANTONYMS inaccuracy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fidelity

fi del i ty /fɪdéləti, faɪ -/名詞 U 1 【夫 妻に対する 】貞節 «to » .2 【人 組織 主義などに対する 】忠実, 忠誠 ; 誠実 «to » ▸ fidelity to one's principles [word, religion ]自分の主義 [約束, 宗教 ]に忠実であること .3 【真理 事実などに 】合致すること, 真に迫ること (accuracy ) «to » ; (複製などの )正確さ (exactness )▸ fidelity to fact 事実そっくり, 迫真 ▸ copy a manuscript with rare fidelity まれに見る忠実さで原稿を写す .4 〘通信 〙(再生音などの )忠実度 ▸ a high fidelity receiver 高性能受信機 .