noun
faithfulness
noun
1
Loyalty and steady commitment to a person, promise, or duty.
"Their marriage was built on years of faithfulness and trust."
2
Accuracy in reproducing or representing something as it truly is.
"Critics praised the faithfulness of the film adaptation to the novel."
How to Use Faithfulness
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe quality of being loyal, or the quality of accurately matching an original.
Common pairings
faithfulness to
marital faithfulness
Word Forms
faithfulnesses plural
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Etymology
From faithful plus the suffix -ness.