\Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid['e]lit['e].
See {Fealty}.]
Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact
observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially:
(a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound;
    loyalty.
          Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.
                                               --Macaulay.
          The best security for the fidelity of men is to
          make interest coincide with duty.    --A. Hamilton.
(b) Adherence to the marriage contract.
(c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
          The principal thing required in a witness is
          fidelity.                            --Hooker.
Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty;
     fealty.