Fidelity Definitions

Fidelity

fi·del·i·ty (f-dl-t, f-)
n., pl. fi·del·i·ties. Abbr. fid.

[Middle English fidelite, from Old French from Latin fidlits, from fidlis, faithful, from fids, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European Roots.]

1. Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.

2. Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.

3. Unfailing fulfillment of one's duties and obligations and strict adherence to vows or promises.

4. Faithfulness, as to a government or state to which one is subject, considered as a duty.

5. Loyalty implies a steadfast and devoted attachment that is not easily turned aside: loyalty to an oath; loyalty to one's family; party loyalty; loyalty to an ideal.

“I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance . . .. The Union, Sir, is my country”