INFIDELITY


Meaning of INFIDELITY in English

|infə|deləd.ē, -ətē, -i sometimes -ˌfī|- noun

Etymology: Middle French infidelité, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin infidelitat-, infidelitas disbelief in Christianity, heathenism, from Latin, unfaithfulness, from infidelis + -itat-, -itas -ity

1. : lack of faith or belief in a religion : state or character of being infidel

2. archaic : skepticism , incredulity

3.

a. : breach of trust : unfaithfulness to a charge or a moral obligation : disloyalty , perfidy

b. : marital unfaithfulness or an instance of it

made no secret of his many infidelities

4. : failure to reproduce (as a text or a model) exactly ; also : an instance of such failure

numerous infidelities in the translation

infidelity in size also made printing from … plastic plates a hazard — Graphic Arts Review

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