fidelity
noun
[ fɪˈdɛlɪti ]
• faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.
• "he sought only the strictest fidelity to justice"
• the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced.
• "the 1949 recording provides reasonable fidelity"
Similar:
accuracy,
exactness,
exactitude,
precision,
preciseness,
correctness,
scrupulousness,
strictness,
closeness,
faithfulness,
correspondence,
literalness,
conformity,
realism,
verisimilitude,
veracity,
authenticity,
naturalism,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French fidelite or Latin fidelitas, from fidelis ‘faithful’, from fides ‘faith’. Compare with fealty.
