fidelity

5 definitions • 6 examples

honest or lasting support, or loyalty, especially to a sexual partner:

marital fidelity Somerset Maugham's comedy of marital fidelity, "The Constant Wife"

sexual fidelity How important do you think sexual fidelity is in a marriage?

the degree to which the detail and quality of an original, such as a picture, sound, or story, is copied exactly:

The best ink-jet printers can reproduce photographs with amazing fidelity.

the state of remaining loyal to someone and keeping the promises you made to that person

the degree to which a copy of something shows the true character of the original:

The fidelity of the tape recording was so poor that you could not understand much of what was said.

loyalty to a person or organization:

Customer trust and fidelity are not acquired once and for all.

They recently began testing a fidelity card scheme in Scotland prior to a national launch.