n. Good faith; careful and exact observance of duty or performance of obligations: as, conjugal or official fidelity.n. Faithful devotion or submission; unswerving adherence; close or exact conformity; fealty; allegiance: as, fidelity to a husband or wife, or to a trust; fidelity to one's principles or to instructions; the dog is the type of fidelity.n. Faithful adherence to truth or reality; strict conformity to fact; truthfulness; exactness; accuracy: as, the fidelity of a witness, of a narrative, or of a picture.n. An order of Portugal, founded by John VI. in 1823 for the supporters of the monarchy during the insurrectionary movements in that country. Synonyms Faith, integrity, trustiness, trustworthiness, conscientiousness; Constancy, Faithfulness, etc. (see firmness).