FIDELITY Synonyms

• the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

• a message that makes a pledge

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

• the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation

• (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

• faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)

• the quality of being dependable or reliable

• feelings of ardent love

• commitment to some purpose

• religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

• (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)

• the quality of being honest

• southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

• an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

• moral soundness

• the quality of being loyal

• feelings of allegiance

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• the quality of being dependable or reliable

• loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty

• steadfast resolution

• the trait of deserving trust and confidence