faithfulness

plural faithfulnesses

1. The state of being faithful.
   1. countableuncountableConstancy of support, alliance, and respect.

      Near-synonym: devotion

      2 more examples

      His faithfulness to his wife and family was admired.

      Traditional Chinese philosophy teaches us that in dealing with friends, we should be loyal and faithful. In all of our relations with friendly nations, we have been strictly adhering to these principles of loyalty and faithfulness. Of course, we expect friends to do the same to us.

      1971, Chiang Kai-shek, 17:25 from the start, in Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek

      Synonyms: allegiance, loyalty, fidelity, devotion · Antonyms: faithlessness, disloyalty, infidelity

   2. countableuncountableConstancy of belief.

      His faithfulness kept him going through the darkest times.

      Synonyms: fidelity · Antonyms: faithlessness, infidelity

   3. countableuncountableConsistency; exactness in copying or following.

      faithfulness to the original