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Thesaurus: faithfulness

noun

    Faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligations, or duties: allegiance, constancy, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness. See continue/stop/pause, obligation.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Firmness in keeping promises.

pronunciation Where one succeeds because of his smartness, ten succeed because of their faithfulness. — Unknown.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the quality of being faithful
  Synonym: fidelity
  Antonym: unfaithfulness (meaning #1)


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Quotes:

"We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him." - Brother Lawrence

"Some people say Liz and I are whores, but we are saints. We do not hide our loves hypocritically, and when in love, we are loyal and faithful to our men. [On the subject of her multiple marriages]" - Ava Gardner

"Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things." - Confucius

"It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be." - Brigitte Bardot

"By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity." - St. Augustine

 
 

 

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