noun

• The quality of being faithful; fidelity.

  ‘faithfulness in marriage’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Tosca is then forced to choose between her faithfulness or telling the truth about what she saw at the villa.’
  • ‘The mandarin duck represented faithfulness, the magpie good luck.’
  • ‘Consistency and faithfulness in upholding the law, then, is the main thing that Papuans want from the government.’
  • ‘Examples of the faithfulness and patience of good, loyal dogs are to be found throughout literature and the fine arts.’
  • ‘Marriage was to be lifelong and marital faithfulness was to include monogamy.’

  Synonyms

  fidelity, loyalty, constancy, devotion, trueness, true-heartedness, dedication, commitment, allegiance, adherence

  accuracy, precision, exactness, closeness, strictness, fairness, justness, factuality, truth, truthfulness, veracity, authenticity, reliability, dependability

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