faithfulness
The state or act of keeping faithThe state or act of keeping faith.: Constancy of support, alliance, and respect.
» She began to doubt his faithfulness.
Meaning
3 sensesThe state or act of keeping faith.
(countable, uncountable)Constancy of support, alliance, and respect.
Near-synonym: devotion
His faithfulness to his wife and family was admired.
Treue, Ergebenheit, Genauigkeit
ве́рностьvérnostʹ, пре́данностьprédannostʹ
ві́рністьvírnistʹ, ві́дданістьvíddanistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Constancy of belief.
His faithfulness kept him going through the darkest times.
The state of being faithful.
(countable, uncountable)Consistency; exactness in copying or following.
faithfulness to the original
- the quality of being faithful
Examples
12 sentencesShe began to doubt his faithfulness.
They built a relationship founded on faithfulness.
The bride and groom swore faithfulness and love until death.
ruЖених и невеста поклялись в верности и любви до конца своих дней. — Wezel
The oldest preserved with faithfulness, the new in a friendly manner.
deÄltestes bewahrt mit Treue, freundlich aufgefasstes Neue. — Esperantostern
I don't want to give up my independence in the sake of marital faithfulness.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English feithfulnesse, equivalent to faithful + -ness.From Middle English feithfulnesse, equivalent to faithful + -ness.
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Forms
plural: faithfulnesses| Singular | faithfulness |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the quality of being faithful:fidelity
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable